Course: Economic Policy in Primary Sources

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Course title Economic Policy in Primary Sources
Course code KPF/N039
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Měsíček Libor, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Introduction 2. A. Smith 3. D. Ricardo 4. K. Marx 5. Eugen von Böhm - Bawerk 6. K.Engliš 7. J.M.Keynes 8. W. Eucken 9. F. A. von Hayek 10. J.K. Galbraith 11. J.M. Buchanan 12. O. Šik 13. M. Friedman 14. Summary

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course is aimed to complement and deepen knowledge of the seminar Economics I and II. Students will get creatively acquainted with a number of works of primary economic literature of Czech and foreign significant authors. The course also provides practical examples of application of economic policy that will be commented while using special video programmes.
- is able to characterize the specifics of the history of economic theory - can use academic terminology - is able to explain basic economic concepts of selected segments of theoretical schools - distinguish the main movements of economic thought in the history of economic theory - is able to characterize economic problems in selected movements of economic schools
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
To obtain a credit: student is required to work out a written essay on a given topic.
Recommended literature
  • BÖHM-BAWERK, E. Základy teorie hospodářské hodnoty statků. Praha, 1991. ISBN 80-86389-21-9.
  • BUCHANAN, J. M. Politika očima ekonoma. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-86389-21-9.
  • ENGLIŠ, K. Hospodářské soustavy. Brno, 1990. ISBN 80-855305003.
  • ENGLIŠ, K. Malá finanční věda. Praha, 1946.
  • EUCKEN,W. Zásady hospodářského řádu. Praha, 2004. ISBN 8086389324.
  • FRIEDMAN, M. - FRIEDMANOVÁ, R. Svoboda volby. Praha, 1992. ISBN 80-85467-85-2.
  • HAYEK, F. A. Osudná domýšlivost. Praha, 1995. ISBN 80-85850-05-2.
  • HOLMAN, R. Ekonomie. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7400-006-5.
  • SCHUMPETER, J. A. Kapitalismus, socialismus a demokracie. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7325-044-6.
  • SIRŮČEK, P. a kol. Hospodářské dějiny a ekonomické teorie. Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86175-53-1.
  • SMITH, A. Pojednání o podstatě a původu bohatství národů. Praha, 2001. ISBN 80-86339-15-4.
  • SOJKA, M. Dějiny ekonomických teorií. Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87109-21-2.
  • VENCOVSKÝ, F. Dějiny českého ekonomického myšlení do roku 1948. Brno, 1997. ISBN 80-902197-5-6.


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