Topics and pre-requisites vary. May be repeated for credit if topic is different. One topic is offered in Spring 2024. Section A1: Political Economy. Studies models of political competition to understand how societies decide on public policies. Discusses the idea of rational choice for a society when the members of that society differ in how they rank different alternatives. Models are applied to public policy issues such as income redistribution and political corruption.

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