Roberto ROSSI | History of economic thought
Roberto ROSSI History of economic thought
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HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
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| DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E STATISTICHE | |
| EQF7 | |
| ECONOMICS | |
| 2016/2017 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016 | |
| PRIMO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECS-P/12 | 5 | 30 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE TO THE STUDENTS THE SKILL TO UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC THEORY FROM MODERN AGE TO CURRENT THEORY (CLASSICAL AND NEOCLASSICAL), UNTIL THE REVOLUTION REPRESENTED BY KEYNESIAN THEORY. IN PARTICULAR WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED THE CONSTITUTION OF ECONOMY AS FORMALIZED SCIENCE WITH THE HANDLING OF THE MAIN ECONOMIC CATEGORIES: VALUE, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, CURRENCY. STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND INCENTIVES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY TO LOOK AT ECONOMIC EVENTS BY ECONOMISTS OF DIFFERENT AGES, IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING BY LEARNING DIFFERENT THEORIES ABOUT THE EVOLUTIONARY SCENARIOS RELATING TO THE WORLD ECONOMY. ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITIES TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY OF ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF THE FACTS IN A LONG-RUN PERSPECTIVE FOLLOWING THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC THEORY ABILITY TO INTERPRET ECONOMIC CASES AND PHENOMENON THROUGH TEACHING-LEARNING ACTIVITIES(CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, WORKING GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL STUDY) ORIENTED TO CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AND CARRIED OUT IN THE DAILY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF MICRO AND MACRO ECONOMICS AND EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HISTORY IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED |
| Contents | |
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| THE COURSE AIMS TO RECONSTRUCT THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC THEORY SINCE MERCANTILISM TO MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT. THE LECTURES WILL BE FOCUSED ON INTERPRETATION OF THE DOMINANT THEORETICAL PARADIGM. THE COURSE WILL DEEP THE ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPTS OF SURPLUS, DISTRIBUTION AND VALUE UNDER THE CLASSICAL THEORY. THE GENERAL SCHEME OF THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO QUESNAY, SMITH, RICARDO AND MARX. THE ECONOMICS AFTER RICARDO: THE "RICARDIAN SOCIALISTS" CRITICS OF RICARDO, DISCIPLES OF RICARDO. JOHN STUART MILL. THE BIRTH OF MARGINALISM; JEVONS, AND MENGER: THE CONCEPT OF UTILITY AND THE VALUE OF GOODS. WALRAS: THE SYSTEM OF GENERAL ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM; DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF CAPITAL. ALFRED MARSHALL: SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE THEORY OF VALUE, THE CONTINUITY OF RICARDIAN THEORY. MARGINALISM AND ITS DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE END OF XIX AND XX CENTURIES. THE "BREAK" OF MARGINAL THEORY: SCHUMPETER, KEYNES AND SRAFFA |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| LECTURES, SEMINARS, STUDY AND WORK GROUPS, STUDY AND DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC CASES, MULTIMEDIA TOOLS TO DEVELOP AND DEEPEN THE TOPICS |
| Verification of learning | |
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| INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP SURVEY DURING COURSE AND A FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION. |
| Texts | |
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| C.E. STALEY, A HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT: FROM ARISTOTLE TO ARROW,WILEY-BLACKWELL, 1991 (ONLY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS) |
| More Information | |
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| ADDITIONAL DIDACTIC .PDF OR POWER POINT MATERIAL, TO INTEGRATE THE MOST MEANINGFUL TOPICS EXAMINED DURING THE COURSE, WILL BE SUPPLIED BY THE LECTURER. |
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