Lecturer(s)
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Slavíčková Pavla, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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- 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
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
- Attendace
- 12 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 30 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 33 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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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.
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Prerequisites
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No special prerequisites.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
1. attandence min. 70% 2. homework - reading 3. test
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Recommended literature
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Doležalová, A. (2018). A History of Czech Economic Thought. London.
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Dupont, B. (2017). The History of Economic Ideas: Historical Thought in Contemporary Context. London.
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Goodacre, H. (2018). The Economic Thought of William Petty: Exploring the Colonialist Roots of Economics. London.
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Holman, R. a kol. (2017). Dějiny ekonomického myšlení. Praha.
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Knight, K. L. (2018). A. C. Pigou and the Marshallian Thought Style: a Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics. Hampshire.
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Kurz, H. D. (2016). Economic Thought: a Brief History (Geschichte des ökonomischen Denkens). New York.
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Lisý, J. a kol. (2018). Dejiny ekonomických teórií. Praha.
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Madden, K. - Dimand, R. W. (eds.). (2018). Routledge Handbook of the History of Women´s Economic Thought. London.
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Rostow, W. (2019). History, Policy, and Economic Theories: Essays in Interaction. London.
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Sedláček, T. (2017). Ekonomie dobra a zla: po stopách lidského tázání od Gilgameše po finanční krizi. Praha.
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Steele, G. R. (2018). The Economic Thought of Henry Calvert Simons: Cown Prince of the Chicago School. London.
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