Introduction to Public Policy

Class 1: Lecture on Public Policy and Critical Thinking

* Richard Paul and Linda Elder (2014). "Learning the Art of Critical Thinking", Rotman Management.

* William Dunn (2008). Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction, 4th edition, Pearson: Prentice Hall. Chapter 3: Structuring Policy Problems.

Class 2: Case Study on Public Policy and Critical Thinking

* Learning by the Case Method, HKS Case Program.

* Long Thanh or Tan Son Nhat Airport, FETP Case.

Class 3: Lecture on Modeling and Optimization

* Edith Stokey and Richard Zeckhauser (1978). A Primer for Policy Analysis, New York: W.W. Norton and Company. Chapter 2.

@ Thomas Schelling (1978). Micromotives and Macrobehavior, New York: W.W. Norton and Company. Chapter 1.

Class 4: Simulation Exercise on Modeling and Optimization

* Chile's Defence Policy - Maximization Subject to a Constraint, FETP Case.

* The Economist, "Copper-bottomed", 7 Feb 2002.

Class 5: Lecture on Economic Analysis for Public Policy

* Harvey Rosen, Ted Gayer and Abdulkadir Civan (2014), Public Finance, Tenth Edition, McGraw-Hill. Chapters 2 & 3.

@ Hal Varian (1989). What Use is Economic Theory? Mimeo. <http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~hal/Papers/theory.pdf>

@ Adam Smith (1904). Self-interest vs. Benevolence as Incentives: A Selection from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Book I chapter II. Edwin Cannan, ed. Library of Economics and Liberty. <http://www.econlib.org/library/Smith/smWN1.html>

Class 6: Case Study on Demand and Supply Analysis

* India Shedding Tears over Onion Prices, International Journal of Case Studies in Management.

Class 7: Lecture on Market and the Role of Government

* Joseph Stiglitz (1998). Distinguished Class on Economics in Government: "The Private Uses of Public Interests: Incentives and Institutions," Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring, 3-22.

* Milton and Rose Friedman (1980). Free to Choose, A Personal Statement, New York: Hartcourt Books. Introduction and Chapter 1: "The Power of the Market". Also see: Free to Choose (1990), A TV Series by PBS, Vol. 1, The Power of the Market.

Class 8: Case Study on Regulation

* Milk Price Registration and Regulations in Vietnam: Will it Lower Milk Prices?" FETP Case.

Class 9: Lecture on the Role of Institutions in Economic Development

* Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson (2012). Why nations fail: the origins of power, prosperity and poverty, New York: Random House. Chapter 15: "Understanding prosperity and poverty."

Class 10: Case Study on Institutional Analysis

* Ho Chi Minh City Ports, FETP Case, FETP Case.

Class 11: Lecture on Socio-ecological Systems & Environmental Policy

* Perkins, Dwight, Steven Radelet and David Lindauer (2006). Economics of Development, New York: WW Norton and Company, 6th edition. Chapter 20.

Class 12: Case Study

* Bộ Kế hoạch và Đầu tư (2012). Thực hiện Phát triển Bền vững ở Việt Nam, trong Báo cáo quốc gia tại hội nghị cao cấp của Liên Hợp quốc về phát triển bền vững (Rio+20),<http://www.vn.undp.org>

Class 13: Lecture on Income Inequality and Distribution

* Thomas Piketty (2014). Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Harvard University Press. Introduction.

@ Michael Sandel (2009). Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Chapter 8: "Who deserves what?"

Class 14: Case Study on Social Policy

* Liconsa and the Program of Social Assistance for Milk, HKS Case.

GROUP PRESENTATION

GROUP PRESENTATION