The Great Acceleration; Causes of economic development; Non-development traps; Capitalism and modernization; Welfare; Opposing theoretical models; Rise and decline of nations; Development without growth; Public goods and common goods; Globalization; Poverty, inequality and discrimination; Economic analysis of the policy; Complex emergencies and migrations; Development Aid; Capacity building and Institutional building; Towards secular stagnation? The ideology of growth.
Erasmus students face a slightly different exam. They must choose two papers among those available on moodle. On these papers they must prepare two written reports of at least 5 pages each. In the first part they must accurately summarize the paper; in the second they have to make their comments. The two reports must be sent to me by email at least one week before the classroom exam.
For Erasmus students, the classroom exam is written and consists of answering seven questions. These questions refer to chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of The CORE team, The Economy, open access https://core-econ.org/the-economy/book/text/0-3-contents.html.
In short: two reports and seven questions on seven chapters of a Manual.
Learning Objectives
SKILLS: This course provides the basic analytical tools for knowledge of the economic system, introduces the main structural characteristics of global economy and discusses the key problems of economic policy. COMPETENCES: Critical analysis of the evolution of the main routes of economic globalization. ABILITIES acquired at the end of the course: Ability to critically analyze implications for the growth and development of an economic and institutional system.
Prerequisites
none
Teaching Methods
Lessons of dual teaching: 48 hours
Further information
none
Type of Assessment
Erasmus students face a slightly different exam. They must choose two papers among those available on moodle. On these papers they must prepare two written reports of at least 5 pages each. In the first part they must accurately summarize the paper; in the second they have to make their comments.
The two reports must be sent to me by email at least one week before the classroom exam. For Erasmus students, the classroom exam is written and The exam consists of answering seven questions. These questions refer to chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 of Samuel Bowles and others, Understanding capitalism: competition, command, and change, Oxford University Press.
In short: two reports and seven questions on seven chapters of a Manual.
Course program
The course presents and analyzes the following topics: 1) The Great Acceleration at the time of the Anthropocene; 2) The causes of economic growth and socio-economic development of human communities; 3) How to open the traps of non-development; 4) Capitalism and modernization; 5) Well-being indicators; 6) Opposing theoretical models; 7) Rise and decline of nations; 8) Development without growth: steady state, convivial decrease or collapse of civilization ?; 9) Public goods and common goods; 10) Globalization; 11) Poverty, inequality and discrimination; 12) Economic analysis of the policy; 13) Complex emergencies and migrations; 14) Development aid; 15) Capacity building and Institutional building; 16) Towards secular stagnation? 17) The ideology of growth; 18) Scientific method and social theory.