A course to provide students with tools to evaluate current issues in health care, and to analyze the effects of public policies in the financing and delivery of health care. 232 Money and Banking Money, credit, and the banking system with special emphasis on the role of money as a determinant of economic activity. Attention is also given to international monetary markets. The ideological, theoretical, and institutional basis for planned and market economies with examples drawn from various countries. The effects of taxation and government expenditure on economic allocation, distribution, stability, and growth are covered.
Attention is given to the fiscal institutions and policies of state and local government.
This course considers business organization and operation with emphasis on public policy designed to promote competition and prevent monopoly. 261 Topics in Economics Selected topics involving problems and controversies of a social and political nature. Fowler Public Policy Seminar A seminar taught with a scholar-statesperson that deals with a policy issue of public significance. Seminar An in-depth investigation of topical issues in economics at the advanced theory level. Senior standing in Economics.