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Further develops the topics in principles of microeconomics with a richer set of economic tools.  Economic analysis is applied to the behavior of individuals, businesses and governments as these agents interact in the market economy.  The social consequences regarding equity and efficiency of the production and distribution of final goods and services is analyzed considering both monetary and non-monetary gains.  Prerequisite:  ECO 20263 Microeconomics.

Studies role of money and banking in United States economic development and in international finances, significance of money, banking history and development, commercial banking operations and structure, central banking and monetary management, alternative international monetary systems, and monetary theory and policy. Prerequisite: ECO 20163 Macroeconomics.

Businesses, households and governments must all determine where they will partake in economic activity.  This course explores the decisions by individuals on where to do business.  The formation of cities and suburbs both rural and urban is analyzed with special attention paid to issues of land use, transportation, crime, housing and entrepreneurship.  Prerequisite:  ECO 20263 Microeconomics.

Highlights the decision making of for-profit and non-profit entrepreneurs and the impact of those decisions on society.  Unpacks the decisions by policymakers on how (or if) entrepreneurship should be encouraged to increase social welfare.  Special attention is paid to the tensions created by those who support free-market policies versus those who believe that governments must intervene to correct market failure.  Prerequisite:  ECO 20263 Microeconomics.