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Economic Thinking for Planners: Overview

This course shows how "Economic Thinking" can inform our thinking on big questions like why some countries are rich while some are poor and how so many us have become so much better off than our ancestors.

Peter Gordon
Taught By Peter Gordon
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Course Info

  • Duration 8 video lessons (56 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2015
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    1.
    Introduction
    Chapter Duration 4 mins
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    2.
    Why This Course?
    Chapter Duration 8 mins
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    Institutions, Prosperity, and Property Rights
    Chapter Duration 6 mins
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    Virtuous Cycle
    Chapter Duration 2 mins
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    Ten Pillars of Economic Thinking
    Chapter Duration 4 mins
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    Two Corollary Pillars
    Chapter Duration 8 mins
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    A Few Trade-offs for Planners
    Chapter Duration 14 mins
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    Summing Up
    Chapter Duration 6 mins

Course Description

The oldest question in economics asks why some countries are rich and some are poor. A related question: how have most of us have become so much better off than our ancestors? These questions, and others like it, get at the issue of how and why cities matter. The interest of this course relates to what we will call "Economic Thinking" and how it informs our thinking about these big questions.

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  • Economics
  • Law and Policy

AICP CM

This course is approved for 1 AICP CM credit.

SACPLAN CPD

This course is approved for 1 SACPLAN CPD point. 

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Peter Gordon

Peter Gordon

Peter Gordon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy. His research interests are in applied urban economics.

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