Teaching Modules
ECI’s teaching modules on social and environmental issues in economics are designed for use as stand-alone supplements in undergraduate or graduate-level courses, and are publicly available as PDFs.
Originally developed at the Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute (GDAE), the modules series is maintained and updated by ECI. The modules range from 25-65 pages, and most include discussion questions, glossary, references and exercises. Instructor notes and exercise answers are available for many modules; please contact us with proof of instructor status to receive access to these materials.
Environmental Issues in Economics
- The Economics of Renewable Energy [Updated 2024]
- Land Economics and Policy
- Alternatives to Growth-Centric Development
- Green Macroeconomics: Growth & Distribution in a Finite World
- The Economics of Global Climate Change
- Energy Economics and Policy
- Agriculture and Climate: Economics and Policy Issues [Updated 2022]
- Forests and Climate: Economics and Policy Issues [Updated 2022]
- Microeconomics and the Environment [Updated 2024]
- Macroeconomics and the Environment
- Trade and the Environment
- Water: Economics and Policy
- Environmental Justice: Income, Race and Health
Economics in Context Modules
- Social and Economic Inequality [Updated 2023]
- Consumption and the Consumer Society [Updated 2023]
- Macroeconomic Measurement: Environmental and Social Dimensions [Updated 2023]
- Growth and Sustainability in the 21st Century [Updated 2023]
Topical Modules on Contemporary Issues
- Comparative Economic Systems
- The Power of Capital: An Introduction to Class, Domination and Conflict
- Behavioral Economics in Context: Applications for Development, Inequality & Discrimination, Finance, and Environment
- Debt and Deficits: Economic and Political Issues
- Taxes and Tax Policy [Updated 2023]
- Public Goods in Everyday Life
- Corporate Power in a Global Economy [Updated 2023]