ECONOMIA POLITICA

GERARDO GRIMALDI ECONOMIA POLITICA

4412500030
DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE UMANE, FILOSOFICHE E DELLA FORMAZIONE
EQF6
SCIENZE DELLE ATTIVITA' MOTORIE, SPORTIVE E DELL'EDUCAZIONE PSICOMOTORIA
2021/2022

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
636LESSONS
Objectives
IN THE GENERAL PART, THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH AN ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF
THE BASIC NOTIONS OF MICROECONOMICS AND MACROECONOMICS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE
MEANING OF ECONOMIC TERMS OF DAILY USE, THE BEHAVIORAL MECHANISMS OF INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTS
(CONSUMERS, ENTREPRENEURS) WHO OPERATE IN THE MARKET AND THE OVERALL FUNCTIONING OF THE
ECONOMY. IN THIS WAY, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO APPROACH THE LEARNING OF THE MAIN
ECONOMIC FACTS EVEN IN A PURELY SPORTING CONTEXT, DEVELOPING, AT THE SAME TIME, AUTONOMY
OF JUDGMENT AND CRITICAL SPIRIT, THUS NOT APPEARING AS A MERE PASSIVE SPECTATOR OF ECONOMIC
EVENTS. .
IN THE SPECIAL PART, PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMICS IN
WHICH THE COGNITIVE HERITAGE ASSUMES A FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
PRODUCTION PROCESSES, BECOMING ONE OF THE MAIN SOURCES OF VALUE CREATION AND ECONOMIC
GROWTH, TO THE POINT OF BEING ABLE TO CONFIGURE A SORT OF COGNITIVE CAPITALISM.
Prerequisites
NONE

Contents
GENERAL PART
NOTIONS OF MICROECONOMICS.
MARKET DEMAND, MARKET SUPPLY AND EQUILIBRIUM; ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND; CONSUMER
THEORY; PRODUCTION AND COSTS; MARKET FORMS: PERFECT COMPETITION, MONOPOLY, OLIGOPOLY,
MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION; LABOR MARKET: WAGES AND POLICIES.
NOTIONS OF MACROECONOMICS.
OBJECTIVES AND TOOLS; P.I.L.; UNEMPLOYMENT; INFLATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT;
THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION.

SPECIAL PART
ECONOMICS BASED ON KNOWLEDGE: FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE
“KNOWLEDGE” ASSET.
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS (36 HOURS). ATTENDANCE NOT COMPULSORY, BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Verification of learning
THERE WILL BE AN ORAL TEST LASTING 20 MINUTES AIMED AT VERIFYING THE ASSIMILATION OF THE
THEORETICAL CONTENTS OF THE PROGRAM, APPROPRIATELY EXPOSED WITH THE USE OF GOOD
EXPRESSION SKILLS.
Texts
FOR THE GENERAL PART
PAUL A. SAMUELSON, WILLIAM D. NORDHAUS, CARLO ANDREA BOLLINO:
ECONOMICS, ED. MCGRAW HILL, XXI EDITION, 2019 (ALSO XX EDITION, 2014)
CHAP.1, CHAP.2, CHAP.3, CHAP.4 (EXCEPT FOR 4.2.3 AND 4.3), CHAP.5 WITH APPENDIX (EXCEPT FOR 5.2.2),
CHAP.6 (EXCEPT FOR 6.3), CHAP.7 (EXCEPT FOR 7.2 AND 7.3 ), CHAPTER 8 (EXCEPT FOR 8.2.3 AND 8.4),
CHAP. 9 (EXCEPT FOR 9.2.5 AND 9.3), CHAPTER 10 (EXCEPT FOR 10.2 AND 10.3), CHAPTER 12 (EXCEPT FOR
12.3), CHAP. 18, CHAP.20, CHAP.21 (EXCEPT FOR 21.2), CHAP. 27 (EXCEPT FOR 27.1.2, 27.1.3, 27.2),
CHAP.32 (EXCEPT FOR 32.1).
ALTERNATIVELY:
N. GREGORY MANKIW: THE ESSENTIAL OF ECONOMICS, ED. ZANICHELLI, VI EDITION, 2016.

FOR THE SPECIAL PART
DOMINIQUE FORAY: THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMICS, ED. IL MULINO, 2006

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DURING THE COURSE, DIDACTIC MATERIAL RELATING TO THE GENERAL PART OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE
PROVIDED.
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