Microeconomics: Policy Applications

Description from DukeHub

Application of microeconomics to government and public policy. Equity and efficiency of public policy. Cost-benefit analysis. Taxation, regulation, social insurance, provision of goods and services. Policies include minimum wage, excise taxes, bans, information, and regulation of utilities. Recommended prerequisite: intermediate microeconomics.

Skills

• policy and lawdescription: "government" and 5 more

AI-resilient: 2 of 5 2/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• ✓Yes: Live work with people · "intermediate"
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "policy"
• 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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