ECON 132

Topics in Taxation and Social Insurance

Economics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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In-depth examination of selected topics related to current policy debates. Topics vary from year to year but typically emphasize tax policy or social insurance. Topics may include optimal taxation; tax inefficiencies and their implications for labor supply, savings, and investment; income redistribution and personal income tax; corporate taxation and implications for firms’ investment and financing decisions; Social Security and SSDI reform; and welfare programs.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 11, 101.

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

ECON 132

ECON 11Microeconomic Theory
- ECON 1Principles of Economics
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
  - MATH 1Precalculus
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.