Politics and Markets in the United State

MIA and MPA Politics Core II. This course will provide students with a policy-oriented introduction to the American political economy. It will give students frameworks for understanding how governments shape markets (and vice versa); unpack the key institutional venues where “marketcrafting” occurs, including in government, firms, and producer groups (business and labor associations); review key trends and developments in the American political economy, including conflicts around education, worker organizing, and taxes; and examine how to situate the contemporary American political economy in comparative and historical perspective, especially relative to other rich democracies.