ECO 256 Contempor Economic Issues

Topics of discussion in this course include the major features of our economy in their current form. We assess the social cost of unemployment, inflation, farm subsidies, currency and trade wars, deregulation of industry, the minimum-wage laws, among others, and highlight the policy debates in such areas as America?s workers, trade and exchange rate, national health care system as well as other topics of current interest within an economics framework. A course in either ECO 101, ECO 105, or ECO 106 is highly recommended. (L10)