Example of a Social Security Card. (Image adapted from U.S. Social Security by Daniel Bersak.)
Prof. Jonathan Gruber
Prof. Peter Diamond
14.472
Spring 2004
Graduate
This course covers theory and evidence on government expenditure policy-- topics include: The theory of public goods; Education; State and local public goods; Political economy; Redistribution and welfare policy; Social insurance programs such as social security and unemployment insurance; and Health care policy.
Gruber, Jonathan, and Peter Diamond. 14.472 Public Economics II, Spring 2004. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-472-public-economics-ii-spring-2004 (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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