ECON2103 Business and Government (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.5/5 overall across 11 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ECON2103 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the UNSW Business School in School of Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 企业与政府
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Economics
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
How do governments shape the business environment and influence the decisions of the businesses and individuals that interact in a market economy? This course examines the role of government intervention in the economy, including why markets left alone can fail, when intervention can be justified, and how policy choices affect societal outcomes.
ECON2103 has 11 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 11 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.5/5).
On Reddit: "ECON2103. It is more theory based. But instead of a final there’s a 1000 word essay that’s 50% of your mark. I know it’s an essay but it’s only a thousand words and the content is easy"
On Reddit: "econ2103 was kind of poo but maybe im the issue, the course content is so easy and the lectures are literally common sense (still i recommend going through the slides regardless) the assessments are not hard but they mark weirdly? one piece of advice i would give is get as much …"
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Q: Is ECON2103 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 11 reviews: overall 3.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON2103, and when is it offered?
A: ECON2103 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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