Introduction to PPE: Ethics and Economics of Wealth Creation

Format:
Online
Term:
Summer 2023
Session:
Summer Session II: June 29 – August 4, 2023
Subject Area:
PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, ECONOMICS (PPE)
Course Number
PPE 1001 920
Schedule:
Tuesday 5:15 - 7:15 p.m.
Thursday 5:15 - 7:15 p.m.
Instructor:
PATEL, RAJ
Primary Program:
LPS Undergraduate & Post-Baccalaureate
Course Description:

This interdisciplinary course provides an overview of how markets work, and under what conditions they create wealth and prosperity. We will also consider when markets fail to create wealth or function well. Along the way, we will think about the role of political institutions in structuring market exchange and allocating resources. (For Penn PPE majors, this class will satisfy the philosophy foundation, or a thematic concentration class for Choice and Behavior or Distributive Justice).