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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Good Economics for Hard Times

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

Overview

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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