- Docente: Manuela Mosca
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics, Markets and Institutions (cod. 8038)
Learning outcomes
The course provides an overview of the main economic theories from ancient times up to the present. It analyses in depth the contributions to economic analysis of the most representative economists.
Course contents
- Different Approaches to the History of Economic Thought; Methodology;
- Preclassical Economics: Scholasticism; Mercantilism; Physiocracy;
- Classical Economic Thought: Adam Smith; J. B. Say; The Malthusian Population Doctrine; David Ricardo; J.S. Mill and the Decline of Classical Economics; Karl Marx and His Critique of Classical Economics;
- Neoclassical Economic Thought: Jevons, Menger; Walras and General Equilibrium Theory;
- The Transition to Neoclassical Economics; Marginal Productivity; Alfred Marshall; Vilfredo Pareto;
- J.M. Keynes.
Readings/Bibliography
H. Landreth - D. C. Colander, History of Economic Thought , Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
Teaching methods
The course consists of lectures and exercises.
Assessment methods
Students attending the lectures are expected to take both a mid-term and a final written exam.
For the other students there will be a final written exam.
Teaching tools
The teaching method combines discussions and readings from the economists' original sources.
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Manuela Mosca