HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT

Academic year
2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
STORIA DEL PENSIERO ECONOMICO
Course code
ET0061 (AF:320573 AR:172378)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Bachelor's Degree Programme
Educational sector code
SECS-P/04
Period
4th Term
Course year
3
The aim of the course is to connect the past with the present providing an understanding of the aspects of classical economics and its subsequent developments.
At the end of the course the student must be able to: 1) understand the differences between the various approaches of economic theory; 2) express opinions on various economic concepts.
Knowledge of the basic concepts of economics.
The course will cover the following topics:
1) Economic thought in antiquity;
2) Pre-classical economic thought;
3) Classical economists;
4) The institutional school;
5) Monetary macroeconomics and recent developments.
Il pensiero Economico. Dal mercantilismo al moentarismo. Peter D. Groenewegen e Gianni Vaggi. Carocci Editore (2010) + Lecture notes.
At the end of the course there will be a written exam; the student will have to answer questions about some economists discussed during the course.
Frontal lessons with the use of the blackboard and diagrams.
Italian
written
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 16/06/2019