ECON 2087EL

This course focuses on one of the gravest problems facing our economies: the large and growing discrepancies in wealth among Canadians. The course addresses possible causes of inequality, policy responses, the costs of inequality to wider society, and factors such as race and gender in wealth inequality. Prerequisites: ECON-1006EL and ECON-1007EL. (lec 3) cr 3. Students may not retain credit for both ECON-2087 and ECON-2085.