2016/2017

2017/2018

DM270

SECS-P/01 (POLITICAL ECONOMY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

Lingue per l'impresa

2°

2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 01/06/2018)

6

40 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN TEST

RABELLOTTI ROBERTA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

The course is aimed at providing the knowledge needed to understand the functioning of different economic systems in the world.

1) Economic growth in the history of economic thought: Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Shumpeter, Keynes, Harrod-Domar, Lewis;
2) The neoclassical model of economic growth;
3) Diseguaglianza e crescita;
4) Catch un in emerging countries;
5) Economic growth in China;
6) Economic growth in India;
7) Economic growth in South Korea;
8) Economic growth in Brazil;
9) Global Value Chains and economic growth;
10) Foreign Direct Investments and economic growth.

The course is based on lectures and seminars. Students will be asked to participate actively during the course.

Goldstein A. (2013), Il miracolo coreano, Il Mulino, Bologna. Mankiw G., Macroeconomia, Zanicheli.
Piketty T. (2014), Il capitale nel XXI secolo, Bompiani, Milano (Introduction and Chapter 1).
Volpi F., Lezioni di economia dello sviluppo, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2011.
Other materials will be made available during the course.

Written test