Photograph of U.S. currency. (Image courtesy of Daniel Bersak.)
Prof. Jonathan Gruber
14.41
Fall 2010
Undergraduate
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.