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Political Economy

Political Economy explores two overlapping areas of inquiry: the interactions between the polity and the economy, and the use of the tools of neo-classical economics to explain how political and economic institutions produce social outcomes by constraining, reflecting, and shaping the behavior of self-interested individuals.

Faculty

• Ben Ansell
• John Freeman
• Teri Caraway
• James Hollyer
• David J. Samuels
• W. Phillips Shively