ABSTRACT
Our increasingly complex society confronts us with more and more difficult policy problems that are not easily solved. The goals of persons who produce researched analysis are different from those of persons who produce basic analysis. The comprehensive planning process has more in common with researched methods, and the policy analysis process has more in common with basic methods. Methods courses are usually taught by supplying students a toolbox of analytical techniques that can ostensibly be applied to policy problems. In the area of indirect monetary policies, governments can enact commodity and excise taxes, tariffs, fines, quotas, or fees, or they can establish pricing mechanisms. Indirect nonmonetary policies include educational, informational, and promotional efforts to modify behavior.
