PUB AFF 111Microeconomics: Market Failures and Inequality
Public Affairs · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to economic theory for policy analysis. Broad focus on evaluating rationale for government intervention in economy, in particular to address market failures and issues of economic inequality. Major emphasis on market failures in context of environmental sustainability, and economic inequality arising from markets for human capital, health, housing, and labor. Students are expected to have working knowledge of basic statistical and economic concepts.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 40 (or Economics 1 or 11 or equivalent introductory economics course), 60 (or Political Science 6 or Statistics 10 or equivalent introductory statistics course).
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PUB AFF 111
- PUB AFF 40Microeconomics for Public Affairs
- ECON 1Principles of Economics
- POL SCI 6Introduction to Data Analysis
- STATS 10Introduction to Statistical Reasoning
- ECON 11Microeconomic Theory
5 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 10 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
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.