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Economic Growth and Distributive Justice
Course
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12 h
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- Self-paced
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- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1:
What is the Goal of the State?; Why do we need a State to achieve this Goal?
Week 2:
The engine of Economic Growth; The relationship between Efficiency and Equality.
Week 3:
Choosing the laws that would maximize Social Welfare (Happiness).
Week 4:
Measuring and Defining Inequality, Poverty and Social Efficiency.
Week 5:
Who Bears the Economic Burden of Tax; Understanding Progressivity.
Week 6:
Designing the Optimal Tax and Transfer System.
Prerequisite
None
Instructors
- Yoram Margalioth - The Buchmann Faculty of Law
- Einat Solnik - Junior researcher at the Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies
- Inbar Ben-Ari - The Buchmann Faculty of Law
Editor
Tel Aviv University (TAU) is Israel's largest institution of higher learning – with over 30,000 students and more than 125 schools and departments in nine faculties. Global in outlook and impact, it is consistently ranked among the world's top 100 universities, as well as the top 20 institutions in terms of scientific citations. A spirit of openness and innovation is evident in all of TAU's teaching and research activities, breaking down barriers between disciplines, and boldly striving to address the twenty-first century's most pressing challenges.
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