Prerequisites: PBPL 002; ECON 003 or ECON 003H with grades of C- or better; one of the following courses: ECON 101, POSC 114, STAT 100A
Description: Explores a contemporary policy issue in depth. Includes health insurance reform, immigration policy, water policies, education reform, anti-poverty programs, crime policy, and social security reform. Explores the political challenges as well as the economic and distributional consequences of the alternative reforms.