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14.35 Why Markets Fail

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Prereq: 14.04, 14.12, 14.15, or 14.19
Units: 4-0-8
Lecture: MW10.30-12 (E51-390)

Guides students through the process of developing and communicating economic and data analysis. Discusses topics in which markets fail to provide efficient outcomes or economic opportunity. Topics include health insurance, intergenerational mobility, discrimination, climate change, and more. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication provided. Key course activities include the writing of a term paper conducting original economic analysis and an in-class slide presentation of the work. Limited to 18.
N. Hendren
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