（微观经济学结束；计划经济学开始）
(Microeconomics Ends; Planning Economics Begins)

计划经济学所有学生必修，是一个比较多元化课程的模式，从一个主题的经济论述，然后提出有关特别应用或问题的非经济性讨论。
Planning Economics, required of all students, is a more multi-discipline module which begins with an economic treatment of a subject and then presents a non-economist talking about a specific application/problem.

第十一周：理论 = 公共财及其外部性。
Week 11: Theory = Public Goods and Externalities

应用= 在麻州郊区使用都市计划来达到特定的目的。案例由担任过许多郊区市镇规划主导人的教职员来教授。案例集中于将目标转变成规范的困难度上面。
Application = Use of zoning to achieve particular ends in a Massachusetts suburb. Example taught by a faculty member who had been the head planner for several suburban towns. Example focuses on difficulty of translating goals into regulations.

第十二周：理论=区域理论
Week 12: Theory = Location Theory

这三篇合并的论文旨在对为什么经济行为会聚集这个主要理论提供一个生动而有趣的评论，资讯技术散播这类活动的角色（假如有的话）等等。这也是一个重新介绍因为区域上的差异将原本是同质性生产者变成独占性竞争者而造成独占性竞争的机会。
The three papers combine to give a lively and accessible review of the major theories of why economic activity agglomerates, the role (if any) of information technologies of diffusing the activity, etc. This is also a chance to reintroduce monopolistic competition since locational differences are enough to turn otherwise identical producers into monopolistic competitors.

应用= 纽约市预算情况。案例是由前市长直接督导的前都市预算主任来教授。课程集中在如何处理预算赤字，因为在减少社会服务的时候，将会导致企业以及中产阶级家庭离开这个城市，因而加深了这个问题的严重性。
Application = The New York City budget situation. Case taught by the last city budget director under Rudy Giuliani. Emphasis is on how you think about dealing with the current deficit while minimizing those service cuts which will drive more business and middle class families out of the city, thereby deepening the problem.

第十三周：国际贸易理论
Week 13: Theory = International Trade Theory

应用= 国际劳动标准的相关性。案例由曾活跃于NGO及尝试透过公开宣传来改进Nike 和 Banana Republic公司等外国供应商工作条件等相关团体的教授来指导。
Application = Relevancy of International Labor Standards. Case taught by faculty member who has been active in NGO’s and other groups building networks that try to improve working conditions in foreign suppliers to Nike, Banana Republic, etc., through publicity, etc.

第十四周：理论= 非常基本的投资工具- NPV, IRR等。
Week 14: Theory = Very Basic Investment Tools – NPV, IRR, etc.

应用= 评估一个建筑物的更新提案。案例教导由具有不动产财务实务经验的副教授担任。所指派的作业包含许多页的背景介绍，问题，以及带有相关资讯的所有列表（和其它不相关的资料）。在上课之前，学生必须使用该列表资料来建立和执行一些运算，才能回答这些问题。
Application = Evaluating a proposed building renovation project. Case taught by an adjunct faculty member who has a real estate finance practice. Assigned case consists of several pages of background, questions, and a spreadsheet with all the relevant information (and other information that is not relevant). Before class, students have to use the spreadsheet information to set up and perform the calculations required to answer the questions.