The market is an indispensable mechanism for efficient resource allocation and long-term growth. The workings of the market, however, are often accompanied by extreme poverty, externalities, information asymmetry, and coordination failures, thereby entrapping vulnerable individuals and communities at a lower end of possible equilibria. To promote efficiency, equity and solidarity is a significant goal of public policy in this light. On the basis of economics and other social science disciplines, this concentration explores ways to tackle these challenges through taxes, government expenditures, and prudent regulations. Target students include mid-career professionals working in the fields of fiscal policy, poverty alleviation, education, healthcare, social insurances, labor protection, and cultural policy. 

Please note that there is no academic credit offered and no assignments required for the completion of these courses,