Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy

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Presents the distribution, trends, causes, and consequences of poverty and inequality in the US and social science frameworks for understanding and analyzing public programs available to poor and near-poor Americans. Current and historical issues in social policy and poverty, program design, and implementation. The role of government, personal choice, education, employment, and discrimination. Prereq: Econ 2001.01, or permission of instructor.