ECON 1260 — Contested Issues in the U.S. Economy

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ERNUpath SIusually offered: fall, springtypical days: WBostonTraditional

Covers many of the contested economic issues that the United States faces as a nation—the size of government, the national debt, the war on drugs, national healthcare, taxation, and many more. An important social system in any society is the economic system—the allocation of scarce resources. In the large and complex economy of the United States, there is controversy over what goods and services are produced and how they are distributed. To understand the nature and causes of these issues requires a course where theory is a tool of analysis, not the focus. Economics is not value free. Attention is given to the role of ethics and how our moral values shape policy. Course topics vary from semester to semester.

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 202314747100%0.0
Summer A 20241414984%8.0
Fall 202414545100%0.0
Spring 202514545100%0.0
Spring 20261424398%1.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 39% · T 38% · W 60% · Th 39% · F 40%

Common patterns: F (21% of sections), MWR (20% of sections), W (20% of sections), TF (19% of sections), MTWR (19% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Summer A

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

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