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14.41 Public Finance and Public Policy

14.41 Public Finance and Public Policy (Fall 2024, MIT OCW). Instructor: Prof. Jonathan Gruber. This course explores the role of government in the economy, applying tools of basic microeconomics to answer important policy questions. Topics include the government response to global warming, school choice by K-12 students, Social Security versus private retirement savings accounts, government versus private health insurance, setting income tax rates for individuals and corporations.

The course aims to provide an understanding of the reasons for government intervention in the economy, the extent of that intervention, and the response of private agents to the government's actions. (from ocw.mit.edu)

Lecture 05 - Public Goods Theory, Optimality and Pricing

In this lecture, Prof. Gruber talks about public goods, which are commodities or services that provide without profit to all members of a society.

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Lecture 01 - Why Study Public Finance?

Lecture 02 - Externalities in Theory

Lecture 03 - Externalities in Theory and Practice

Lecture 04 - Externalities in Practice II

Lecture 05 - Public Goods Theory, Optimality and Pricing

Lecture 06 - Cost/Benefit Analysis

Lecture 07 - Political Economy

Lecture 08 - Local Public Goods and Fiscal Federalism

Lecture 09 - Public Provision of Private Goods: Education

Lecture 10 - Social Insurance Theory

Lecture 11 - Social Security

Lecture 12 - Other Social Insurance Programs

Lecture 13 - Health Care I

Lecture 14 - Health Care II

Lecture 15 - Health Care III

Lecture 16 - Redistribution and Welfare Policy

Lecture 17 - Redistribution and Welfare, Taxation

Lecture 18 - Overview of Taxation and Tax Base, Tax Incidence

Lecture 19 - Tax Incidence and Tax Efficiency

Lecture 20 - Taxation and Labor Supply

Lecture 21 - Taxation and Savings

Lecture 22 - Wealth Taxation

Lecture 23 - Corporate Taxation

Lecture 24 - Corporate Taxation and Tax Reform