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Courses in this concentration explore the institutional foundations and historical development of political economy from a normative standpoint. The guiding purpose of the concentration is to develop a morally-informed grounding for evaluating public policy on economic issues.
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Established in memory of Charles H. Murphy, Sr. (1870-1954), and inspired by the vision of Charles H. Murphy, Jr. (1920-2002), the Murphy Institute exists to help Tulane faculty and students understand economic, moral, and political problems we all face and think about. More important, it exists to help us understand how these problems have come to be so closely interconnected.