This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Lecture Notes

A full selection of lectures from the class are presented here.

Lec # Topics
1 Introduction to the Course
2 Fish Banks Simulation
3 Fish Banks Simulation (cont.) (PDF)
4 What are "Public Policies?" (PDF)
5 Designing Government? (PDF)
6 Models of Public Policy Decision Making (PDF)
7 National Security Policy - Foreign Threats (PDF)
8 National Security Policy - Domestic Threats (PDF)
9 Trade and Development Policy (PDF)
10 Trade and Development Policy (cont.) (PDF)
11 Environmental Policy: Pollution and Environmental Justice (PDF)
12 Environmental Policy: Pollution and Environmental Justice (cont.) (PDF)
13 Environmental Policy: Endangered Species (PDF)
14 Environmental Policy: Endangered Species (cont.)
15 Energy Policy (PDF)
16 Health Policy (PDF)
17 Health Policy (cont.) (PDF)
18 Health Policy (cont.) (PDF)
19 Social Policy
20 Social Policy: Allocating Rights (PDF)
21 Social Policy (cont.)
22 Crime Policy: A Cost-Benefit Analysis (PDF)
23 Public Health and Risk Assessment
24 Evaluating Educational Policy