LPS 5143 - State Politics, Policy, and Economics: The Role of States in Shaping Economies (3)

State governments make tremendous effort to shape the economic contexts, prospects, and outcomes of their states. Economic development programs, health care policy, workforce education, and many other issues that shape our economic lives are partly shaped by state policy. This course combines an exploration of economic principles and state policy making. Beginning with a review of basic economic principles and continuing with an examination of the role of states in shaping economic factors, the course allows students to become more adept at: reviewing basic principles for examining economic policies and initiatives; reflecting on the goals and objectives of economic policies; examining the political, social, and behavioral contexts in which economic policies are made.