The state and market failure
Topics
What’s wrong with the market for lemons?
What are “externalities”?
Why do some market fail?
What are “transaction costs”?
What are “information assymetries”?
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Akerlof, “The market for lemons,” 1978
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Williamson, "The Economics of Organization," 1981
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Rational choice theory
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Lighthouses, autopsies and the federal budget
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Activities
POLS 531, Intro and setup
Markets and human needs
Stone Age economics
The state and the economy
Financial institutions
The state and market failure
Economic growth
Mid-term exam
Bayram
Poverty and inequality
Work and unemployment
Consumer society
Surveillance capitalism
Final exam