{"id":7501,"date":"2022-04-28T21:01:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T21:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/courses\/2019\/12\/23\/economic-growth-and-distributive-justice-part-ii-maximize-social-wellbeing\/"},"modified":"2022-04-28T21:01:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T21:01:25","slug":"economic-growth-and-distributive-justice-part-ii-maximize-social-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/courses\/economic-growth-and-distributive-justice-part-ii-maximize-social-wellbeing\/tel-aviv-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Growth and Distributive Justice Part II &#8211; Maximize Social Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single_post\" style=\"margin-top:16px;\";>\n<div class=\"post-single-content box mark-links entry-content\">\n<div class=\"thecontent\">\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>If you really care about the big questions in the economies and societies of the 21st century, such as distributive justice &#8211; namely, inequality of income or wealth, and its correlation with economic growth &#8211; this course is meant for you. The knowledge you will gain can truly change your outlook on our world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Economic Growth and Distributive Justice &#8211;  Maximizing Social Wellbeing&#8221; is the second part of a two part course and it includes the following five lectures:<br \/>\n(1) The excess burden of taxation<br \/>\n(2) Tax incidence: who bears the economic burden of tax?<br \/>\n(3) Progressivity: definition and ways to achieve<br \/>\n(4) Low Income, Low Ability and the Optimal Income Tax Model<br \/>\n(5) Designing the Tax and Transfer System that Maximizes Social Wellbeing<br \/>\nIf you haven&#8217;t done that already, we strongly recommend that you register for the first part of the course: &#8220;Economic Growth and Distributive Justice &#8211; the Role of the State&#8221;. Taking both parts of the course would enable you to obtain a fuller and more comprehensive knowledge about Economic Growth and Distributed Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The course is founded upon the elemental idea that the role of the state is to maximize the well-being &#8211; or simply the happiness &#8211; of its residents. In 9 fascinating, edifying lessons, using only simple words and decoding professional terminologies that sometimes baffle the intelligent layman, the course expounds many truths \u2013 both intuitive and unintuitive. Often using examples from the US and Europe, it does not however focus on policies in any particular region of the world, and is directly applicable to all countries around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The course touches upon the essence of important concepts like efficiency and equity, inequality and poverty, gross domestic product, tax evasion and tax planning; it presents the work of Nobel Laureate James Mirrlees and his followers &#8211; promoting a coherent system that integrates tax and government expenditures to maximize social welfare; and illuminates a range of high-profile issues from their economic angle:<br \/>\n\u2022 Climate change: the atmosphere and oceans as public goods, and how smart (Pigovian) taxation can be used to combat the rapidly increasing threats to our planet;<br \/>\n\u2022 Technology as the engine of economic growth;<br \/>\n\u2022 Taxing the rich: How can we mitigate the growing inequality problem? Should we   impose a global tax on capital?<\/p>\n<p>The curriculum includes interviews with major figures in the fields of law and of economics:  Harvard&#8217;s Elhanan Helpman, Dan Shaviro from NYU and Richard Epstein from the University of Chicago and NYU.<\/p>\n<p>After successfully completing this course, you can expect to be able to:<br \/>\n\u2022 better understand economic issues presented in the media<br \/>\n\u2022 form an informed opinion on the strengths and weaknesses of presented social economic policies<br \/>\n\u2022 define and measure inequality and poverty<br \/>\n\u2022 define the connection between inequality (income, wealth) and economic growth<br \/>\n\u2022 explain the foundations of economic growth<br \/>\n\u2022 design a tax and transfer system to maximize the happiness of individuals<\/p>\n<p>All these will allow you to better understand the policies being developed around you, and to play a larger, more informed role in their development, as a conscientious citizen.<\/p>\n<p>In order to receive academic credit for this course you must successfully pass the academic exam on campus. For information on how to register for the academic exam \u2013 https:\/\/tauonline.tau.ac.il\/registration<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, you can apply to certain degrees using the grades you received on the courses. Read more on this here \u2013<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/go.tau.ac.il\/b.a\/mooc-acceptance<\/p>\n<p>Teachers interested in teaching this course in their class rooms are invited to explore our Academic High school program here \u2013 https:\/\/tauonline.tau.ac.il\/online-highschool<\/p>\n<p>This course is a direct extension of the first part &#8220;Economic Growth and Distributive Justice Part I -The Role of the State&#8221;, so if you have not yet taken it, we highly recommend you start your learning from there (https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/economic-growth-part-1\/home\/welcome).<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Price: Enroll For Free!<\/h2>\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-very-light-gray-color has-background has-vivid-red-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/economic-growth-part-2\">View Class<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Language:<\/strong> <\/em>English<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Subtitles<\/strong>: <\/em>English, Arabic, Hebrew<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"background-color:#496d89\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center has-very-light-gray-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/economic-growth-part-2\">Economic Growth and Distributive Justice Part II &#8211; Maximize Social Wellbeing<strong> &#8211; Tel Aviv University<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description If you really care about the big questions in the economies and societies of the 21st century, such as distributive justice &#8211; namely, inequality of income or wealth, and its correlation with economic growth &#8211; this course is meant for you. 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