OPF:EVSNAEKT Economic Theory - Course Information

EVSNAEKT Economic Theory

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Pavel Tuleja, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Pavel Tuleja, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová

Prerequisites

The completion of the course does not require any conditions and subject can be registered independently of other subjects.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Banking (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)
• Economy of Enterprise in Trade and Services (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN)
• Managerial Informatics (programme OPF, N_SYSINF)

Course objectives

The course aims to enable to the graduates of master degree programs comprehensively understand the context of the current state of economic thought what should create the conditions for students to overcome bias and a simplification that is usually associated with traditional textbook interpretation of the general economy. Students will be gradually acquainted with pre-classical economic thoughts, classical and neoclassical economics, school of thought based on the opinion and ideas of J. M. Keynes, liberal economic schools, institutionalisms and public school choice. Students will be acquainted with the advantages and limitations of each approach and concept, and lecturer will focus primarily on development of critical thinking leaning on a comparison of particular approaches.

Syllabus

• 1. Economic thought of ancient Greece and Rome
  2. Scholastic and Thomas Aquinas
  3. Mercantilism
  4. Physiocratism
  5. Classical School of Political Economy
  6. Neoclassical economics
  7. The economic theories of John Maynard Keynes
  8. Development of Keynesian economics in the second half of the 20th century
  9. Liberalism and economic theory
  10. Monetarism
  11. New Classical Macroeconomics
  12. Institutionalism and New Institutional Economics
  13. Public Choice Theory

Literature

required literature
• Theoretical Economics. Los Angeles, Calif.: Society for Economic Theory. info
• BLAUG, M. Economic Theory In Retrospect. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-521-57153-7. info
• Economic Theory And Transformation: Textbook of The International Workshop of Postgraduates. Brno: Masaryk universita, 2000. ISBN 80-210-2402-X. info
• KOCKA, J. ET AL. Economic Theory And History. Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1985. info

recommended literature
• Current Research Journal of Economic Theory. Birmingham, Small Heath, U.K.: Maxwell Science P. info
• ERICKSON, J. D., GOWDY, J. M. Frontiers in ecological economic theory and application. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84376-888-3. info
• WIENER, I. A. Economic Criminal Offences: A Theory of Economic Criminal Law. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1990. ISBN 963-05-5554-9. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration

Assessment methods

Grade
Written exam

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Final written exam.
Additional tasks: research and study of the literature related to the given issue.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	110
Přednáška	26
Zkouška	40
Summary	176

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