Cost-Benefit Analysis (Part I): Theory & Practice

Description from DukeHub

Covers theory and practice of cost-benefit analysis (CBA), or economic analysis, as an important tool for conducting public policy assessments, with emphasis on environmental and health policy interventions. Covers topics such as the economic and ethical rationale for CBA, basic principles for assessing the economic effects of projects, intergenerational and philosophical concerns as they relate to CBA, social discounting, equity analysis and poverty weights, and risk and uncertainty. Recommended prerequisite: Intermediate/advanced microeconomics.

Skills

• policy and lawdescription: "policy" and 1 more

AI-resilient: 2 of 5 2/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• ✓Yes: Live work with people · "intermediate"
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "policy"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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