ECON1245 (Economics of Inequality) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Average rating 3.3/5. Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Introduces inequality from an economic perspective. Studies how inequality relates to scarcity, appropriability, and inheritability. Discusses how taxation, economic growth, globalization, and technological progress affect inequality. Emphasizes the difference between inequality of economic outcomes and inequality of economic opportunity. Covers inequality in sectors such as housing, healthcare, labor market, and others. Discusses alternative empirical methods for measuring inequality, and presents economic policies designed to address it.
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