This course introduces the field of behavioral economics, which incorporates insights from psychology into economics with the aim of improving human welfare. Behavioral economics studies how individuals actually make decisions, which may deviate from the way "rational actors" are modeled in terms of making decisions in classical economics. Motivated by non-fiction readings and academic articles, we will use behavioral economic frameworks to characterize this actual decision-making and to explore its consequences for markets and for policy.

Mainstream economics is fundamentally neoliberal, employing narratives of meritocracy to explain, normalize, and justify racial capitalism and the inequality and exploitation it inevitability produces.  Pluralist economics provides alternative explanations and understandings, directly challenging the conceptualizations, models, methods, values, topics, and pedagogy of economic practice.  This sophomore seminar engages students in an exploration of pluralist economics.

Discussion for ECON 111. Discussion section corresponds to faculty teaching lecture. Requisite for all other courses in Economics.

Two 75-minute and one 50-minute lecture/discussion per week. Fall and spring semesters. The Department.

Discussion for ECON 111. Discussion section corresponds to faculty teaching lecture. Requisite for all other courses in Economics.

Two 75-minute and one 50-minute lecture/discussion per week. Fall and spring semesters. The Department.

Discussion for ECON 111. Discussion section corresponds to faculty teaching lecture. Requisite for all other courses in Economics.

Two 75-minute and one 50-minute lecture/discussion per week. Fall and spring semesters. The Department.

Discussion for ECON 111. Discussion section corresponds to faculty teaching lecture. Requisite for all other courses in Economics.

Two 75-minute and one 50-minute lecture/discussion per week. Fall and spring semesters. The Department.

(Offered as ECON 111E and ENST 230) An introduction to the core theories and measures of markets and the current economic system. We study both microeconomics, which addresses the central problem of resource scarcity and how markets for individual goods and services function, and macroeconomics, which addresses the economy as a whole and key aggregate measures such as unemployment and inflation.

(Offered as ECON 111E and ENST 230) An introduction to the core theories and measures of markets and the current economic system. We study both microeconomics, which addresses the central problem of resource scarcity and how markets for individual goods and services function, and macroeconomics, which addresses the economy as a whole and key aggregate measures such as unemployment and inflation.

An introduction to the core ideas economists use to understand the U.S.

An introduction to the core ideas economists use to understand the U.S.