Classes

The Political Economy of U.S. Monetary Policy

Semester: 

Spring

Offered: 

2014

This course utilizes political economy models to help explain the relationship between politics and U.S. monetary policy. Beginning with a brief overview of the political economy literature, the course provides a foundational understanding of how branches of the U.S. government relate to the Federal Reserve. We then explore several eras of monetary policy decisions in American history touching on the banking panics of the late 19th Century, the formation of the Federal Reserve, the Great Depression, the Great Inflation, the Savings and Loan crisis and the recent financial crisis...

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Institutions and Policymaking

Semester: 

Fall

Offered: 

2012

This course is about how institutions in the American political system shape public policy. It will examine some of the key actors and institutions that develop public policy and the ways in which policy analysis bears on policy development. We will consider several venues for policymaking – including agenda setting, legislation, interest group activity, judicial review, bureaucratic policymaking and regulation – and the role of policy analysis in those venues. In the context of these venues, we will explore several different American public policy domains in detail including health care...

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