ECON 322 Economics of Sustainable Development
Are goals of economic development and sustainability at odds with one another? What kinds of policy instruments could help us effectively reduce emissions, and why is international cooperation so difficult to achieve? This course offers a critical examination of sustainable development from the economics perspective. Beginning with conflicting views of sustainable development, the course proceeds to study how economists approach challenges such as climate change, management of common property resources, growth and poverty, measurement of well-being, and global health.