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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Good Economics for Hard Times

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

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Learn how applied economics uses data to tackle some of society’s toughest challenges through case studies from the United States and other high income countries.

Syllabus

  • Migration
  • Trade
  • Preferences (likes, wants, and needs)
  • Economic growth
  • Climate change
  • Inequality
  • Government
  • Social policy

Taught by

Esther Duflo and Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee

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