Principles of Economics and the Environment

Description from DukeHub

Teaches basic economic literacy and introduces environmental and natural resource issues through the lens of economics. Analyzes incentives and decisions of individuals, firms, and governments and how they interact with the natural environment. Examples include a consumer deciding to purchase organic produce, a firm deciding to install pollution control technology, a government choosing to regulate a carcinogenic chemical, and group of nations deciding to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Stresses command of economic reasoning and analytical tools as ways to understand why people and governments do what they do and how policies might better address the needs of society.

Skills

• policy and lawdescription: "governments" and 5 more

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "decisions"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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