| THE COURSE AIMS TO INTRODUCE THE BASIC TOOLS AND CONCEPTS OF ECONOMICS, USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND THEIR HISTORICAL EVOLUTION. THE COURSE OFFERS A LONG-TERM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE DYNAMICS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH FROM THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL AGE TO THE 20TH CENTURY. IN PARTICULAR, IT ANALYSES THE STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PRE-INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES AND THE REASONS FOR GROWTH DIFFERENTIALS, AS WELL AS THE CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPACT OF THE INDUSTRIALISATION PROCESS; ECONOMIC INEQUALITIES AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND GLOBALISATION; THE DYNAMICS OF CAPITALISM; THE ROLE OF THE STATE AND ECONOMIC POLICIES; ECONOMIC ACTORS. IN PARTICULAR, THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS PROCESSES, IN THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS HISTORY. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET, ALSO IN COMPARATIVE TERMS, THE STRUCTURE OF PHENOMENA AND ECONOMIC-BUSINESS DYNAMICS FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. THE COURSE WILL ENABLE THEM TO APPLY THEIR ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS TO THE EVENTS THAT CHARACTERISE ECONOMIC DYNAMICS AND AFFECT THE PROCESSES OF DEVELOPMENT, TRANSFORMATION AND GROWTH. |
