Lecture slides for the “Can Government Help?” section of my Social Issues in America course:

What is just?

What do Americans want?

Is there a tradeoff between social justice and a healthy economy?

What can government do?

How to pay for it

Lecture slides for the “Prosperity in America” section of my Social Issues in America course this semester:

Middle America’s standard of living

Inequality

Opportunity

Economic security

Poverty

Happiness