MGMT206L - Topics in Economics

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
Students will be introduced to key concepts in microeconomics, such as productivity, costs, returns to scale, and market structures. These concepts will be applied in more depth via contemporary industry examples. Macroeconomics concepts will include GDP, employment, and inflation/deflation. The range of macroeconomic policies available for economic stabilization and growth by countries will be discussed, including monetary and fiscal policy, with specific country applications in international context. There will also be consideration of contemporary issues regarding various policy approaches.