ECON1081: Introduction to the History of Economic Thought

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• Principles of Economics (ECON1011).

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• Provide students with knowledge and understanding of the development of economic ideas.
• Provide students with an understanding of how ideas influence events and how events influence ideas.
• Inform students of the historical evolution of key concepts relevant to understanding modern economics.
• Offer the opportunity to develop key skills.

• Topics are likely to include:
• Early economic thought.
• Adam Smith: Economic Growth, and Markets v The State
• The Demographic Pessimism of Robert T. Malthus
• Ricardo: The Rise of International Integration and Globalization
• The Marxian Critique of Capitalism
• John Stuart Mill: Equity and Efficiency
• The 1870s Marginalist Revolution
• Alfred Marshall and the Birth of Neoclassical Economics
• The Great Socialist Debate: Mises and Hayek v Lange
• Schumpeter and Entrepreneurship
• The Keynesian Revolution
• Neoclassical synthesis
• Monetarism

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Understanding of the key contributors and contributions to the development of economic thought.
• Knowledge and understanding of key economic ideas.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Ability to understand changes in the basis of economic thought.
• Ability to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the major influential contributions to the development of economic analysis.
• Ability to identify, interpret how ideas and events interact.

Key Skills:

• Examples are provided to demonstrate how students will have the opportunity to develop the following key skills:
• Written Communication by completing the summative assessment.
• Planning and Organising by preparing for the examination.
• Problem Solving by applying the necessary analytical techniques in preparing assessments.
• Initiative by searching relevant literature and other information in preparation for the examination.
• Computer Literacy accessing and downloading teaching material from Learn Ultra.

• Teaching is by lecture and workshops.
• Learning takes place through attendance at lectures, preparation for and participation in workshops, and private study.
• Formative assessment is by means of an assignment to help prepare for the online exam. Summative assessment is by means of online examination to test students' knowledge and understanding of the subject-matter worth 100% of the module mark.

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