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Political Economy
How politics shapes economic outcomes and vice versa: collective action, interest groups and rent-seeking, the median voter, institutions (Acemoglu and Robinson), and central bank independence.
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Prereqs: Liberalism, conservatism, socialism; Rawls & Nozick. Next: China's political system. Sources: Mancur Olson, *The Logic of Collective Action* (1965); Anthony Downs, *An Economic Theory of Democracy* (1957); Acemoglu & Robinson, *Why Nations Fail* (2012).Next: 1. Core models