Institutions, power, and inequality I

Readings due before class on Monday, February 11, 2019

Required

• Introduction and 5.1–5.5 in Economy, Society, and Public PolicyThe CORE Team, Economy, Society, and Public Policy, 2019, https://www.core-econ.org/espp/.
  
  
• Tweet by Jennifer Victor
• Freakonomics Radio, “Earth 2.0: What Would Our Economy Look Like?,” April 12, 2017
• At least one of these episodes (both if you’re adventurous):
  • Planet Money, “The Dollar at the Center of the World,” episode 553, July 16, 2014
  • Planet Money, “Retraining Day,” episode 750, January 27, 2017