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About this course
Markets operate within social relationships and institutions. This New School course examines economics through questions about power, work, inequality and the aims of collective prosperity.
Five modules connect private interests and the common good with labour, globalisation and the relationship between society and the planet. The approach encourages interpretation and debate rather than presenting only a set of calculations.
| Official course | Economics: Society, Markets, and [In]equality |
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| Created by | Parsons School of Design, The New School |
| Platform | Coursera |
| Level / language | Beginner / English |
| Estimated study time | 2 weeks at 10 hours a week (Coursera estimate) |
| Format | 5 modules; see the published syllabus for activities |
| Access | Learning content free; account needed |
| Certificate | No certificate offered for this course |
Skills you’ll gain
- Economic interpretation
- Inequality analysis
- Globalisation
- Institutional awareness
WikiFree recommends it for learners who want to understand the assumptions behind economic arguments. It offers a useful complement to business-finance courses, which answer a different set of questions about an individual organisation.
As you compare viewpoints, identify what each treats as a desirable outcome and how it explains the evidence. This makes disagreement easier to analyse without assuming that every difference is merely a disagreement over arithmetic.
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Frequently asked questions
Is this mainly a financial modelling course?
No. It focuses on economic ideas and their social and institutional context.
Independent WikiFree overview based on the official syllabus and access information, reviewed 20 October 2026.
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