M.A. PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS & ECONOMICS

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Career Pathways

• Law

• Public policy

• Business

• Research

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• Nonprofits & NGOs

• Government

Core Skills

• Logical thinking

• Complex conceptual analysis

• Writing

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This M.A. in PPE encourages students to interrogate the philosophical underpinnings of modern economics and explore the ways tools from the social sciences can fruitfully address foundational questions in political philosophy and politics. The program provides cutting-edge instruction by some of the world’s leading scholars in philosophy, politics, and economics. This program is designed to equip future leaders who can bridge these fields and create future scholars who can explore the complexities of this nexus.

Core Courses

• PPEL 501: Fundamentals of Economics - An advanced level introduction to mathematical theories developed for and central in the social sciences, especially those parts of the social sciences that analyze individual and group decisions.

• PPEL 520: Economic Analysis of Law - This class uses the basic concepts and tools of economics to address questions such as: What is the proper role for democratic legislatures, courts, markets, federalism, and civil society? Which institutional arrangements allow a society to organize most productively, and why do many countries lack those institutions?

• PPEL 530: Data Science for Social Sciences - Introduces students to statistical methods applicable to the study of problems in political economy.

• PPEL 555: Choice, Evolution & Institutions - An advanced level study to contemporary analysis of institutions and how institutions can solve, or fail to solve, problems of public choice.