Prerequisites: PBPL 002 with a grade of C- or better; ECON 003 with a grade of C- or better or ECON 003H with a grade of B or better; ECON 101 or POSC 114 or STAT 010
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.