Public Finance and Public Policy

As taught in: Fall 2010

A sepia toned photograph of United States currency.

Photograph of U.S. currency. (Image courtesy of Daniel Bersak.)

Instructors:

Prof. Jonathan Gruber

MIT Course Number:

14.41

Level:

Undergraduate

Course Features

Course Description

Explores the role of government in the economy, applying tools of basic microeconomics to answer important policy questions such as government response to global warming, school choice by K-12 students, Social Security versus private retirement savings accounts, government versus private health insurance, setting income tax rates for individuals and corporations.