Economics of Policy Issues

The module outline is as follows:

1. Voting – Median Voter, Majority Voting, Political Competition, Voting on Redistribution
2. Social Justice – Insurance, Moral Hazard and Social Justice without Government
3. Entitlements – Attributes and Consequences, Old Age, Health Care
4. Choice of Taxation – Optimal Taxation, Capital and Other Taxes and Fiscal Federalism
5. The Growth of Government and Competing Views on the Need for Government.