Course: History of Economic Theories

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Course title History of Economic Theories
Course code KAE/DTE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Slavíčková Pavla, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Classical political economics - French socialism and harmonismus - The German Historical School and Max Weber - Historical materialism: Karel Marx - Marginalism - Laussann School - Cambridge School - John Keynes - Austrian school and Neo-Austrian economics - Chicago school: Milton Friedmann - Ordoliberalism - Institutionalism - Constitutional economics - Czech economic thinking

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Attendace - 12 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 33 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to explain the origin of global economical thinking. It emphasizes interpretation of the main ideas and personalities. Genetic aspect allows you to analyze the possibilities and limitations of various macroeconomic and microeconomic approaches.
Students will acquire better knowledge of economics by getting to know a portion of significant world-famous economists and development of economics as a science.
Prerequisites
No special prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

1. attandence min. 70% 2. homework - reading 3. test
Recommended literature
  • Doležalová, A. (2018). A History of Czech Economic Thought. London.
  • Dupont, B. (2017). The History of Economic Ideas: Historical Thought in Contemporary Context. London.
  • Goodacre, H. (2018). The Economic Thought of William Petty: Exploring the Colonialist Roots of Economics. London.
  • Holman, R. a kol. (2017). Dějiny ekonomického myšlení. Praha.
  • Knight, K. L. (2018). A. C. Pigou and the Marshallian Thought Style: a Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics. Hampshire.
  • Kurz, H. D. (2016). Economic Thought: a Brief History (Geschichte des ökonomischen Denkens). New York.
  • Lisý, J. a kol. (2018). Dejiny ekonomických teórií. Praha.
  • Madden, K. - Dimand, R. W. (eds.). (2018). Routledge Handbook of the History of Women´s Economic Thought. London.
  • Rostow, W. (2019). History, Policy, and Economic Theories: Essays in Interaction. London.
  • Sedláček, T. (2017). Ekonomie dobra a zla: po stopách lidského tázání od Gilgameše po finanční krizi. Praha.
  • Steele, G. R. (2018). The Economic Thought of Henry Calvert Simons: Cown Prince of the Chicago School. London.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Applied Mathematics - Specialization in Business Mathematics (2021) Category: Mathematics courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Economic and Managerial Studies (2019) Category: Economy - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Economic and Managerial Studies (2023) Category: Economy - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -