PubPol 741 Principles of Finance and Global Financial Markets | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
PubPol 741

PubPol 741 Principles of Finance and Global Financial Markets

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Level
Graduate
Term
Winter 2025
Course Section
001
U-M Course Number
31703
Credit Hours
3
Class Size
30

Finance is fundamental to many public policy questions. When the financial sector works well, it transfers resources from savers to borrowers, allowing individuals to save and businesses to invest. But when the financial sector works badly, resources are misallocated and financial crises threaten the entire economy. This course provides an overview of financial markets and institutions, and then considers the causes, consequences, and possibly policy responses to financial crises.

Josh Hausman

Faculty Expert

Joshua Hausman

Associate Professor of Public Policy; Associate Professor of Economics (by courtesy)
Hausman’s research interests are in economic history and macroeconomics with a focus on the U.S. economy in the 1930s and the Japanese economy today. He is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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