Landreth H. and Colander D. C., Storia del pensiero economico, Bologna, il Mulino: various chapters. The students who do not attend the lectures have also to read this paper: P. Bini, Austerità e crescita negli anni 1922-1925 del fascismo, in Barucci P., Bini P., Conigliello L. (a cura di), Economia e Diritto in Italia durante il Fascismo, Firenze University Press, 2017, pp. 27-52.
Learning Objectives
The course provides a critical interpretation off evolution of the economic science and intends to convey to students an historical and comparative approach to political economy
Prerequisites
The knowledge of the political economy principles
Teaching Methods
Traditional-type lectuires with the employment of slides
Further information
The teacher will specify some other readings to deepen individual arguments
Type of Assessment
Personalised written exam: The teacher will give to each one student specific arguments to develop. These arguments will be different from that attributed to the other students.
Course program
The course deals with the development of the economic theory from Mercantilism and Classical Political Economy up to the most recent trends of the economic thought. A particular deepening will be dedicated to economists such as A.Smith, D. Ricatrdo, K. Marx, the founders of Marginalism, A. Marshall, J. Schumpeter, J. M. Keynes, M. Friedman and the new classical macroeconomics.