Course Number: 
384
Semesters Offered: 
Spring
Credits: 
4

Education becomes increasingly important as the “information economy” replaces the old industrial economy. This course explores some questions that are global, others that are personal: is better education the solution to poverty? Is investment in human capital the key to a nation’s development? Can vouchers improve public schools? Is a Grinnell education a better investment than putting those thousands of tuition dollars into the stock market? Should you go to law school?

Prerequisite: 
Economics 280 and 282 and concurrent registration in or completion of Economics 262; or Economics 312, or Mathematics 336.

Instructor(s):

Mark Montgomery

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