114-0312/02 – History of Economic Thought (DET )

Gurantor departmentDepartment of EconomicsCredits2
Subject guarantorprof. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. et Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Lenka Spáčilová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
Year2Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2009/2010Year of cancellation2010/2011
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor, Follow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
SPA60 Ing. Lenka Spáčilová, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Examination 2+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

- outline the development of economic thinking from ancient era to the preset - argue and assess the contribution of the particular economic ideas to development of economics -recognise and formulate the distinctions between the Neoclassical School and the Keynesian School - conclude the consequences of crisis of the Keynesian theory in seventies of twenty - formulate the basic differences of nonmainstream economic theories - identify the characteristics of the Czech economic thought

Teaching methods

Lectures

Summary

The course introduces students to the development of the main directions and particular schools of economic thinking. It compares theoretical approaches to the chosen economic issues within the framework of various conceptions of economic theory. Futhermore, it provides an insight into the development of ideas concerning the history of economic thinking.

Compulsory literature:

1. EKELUND JR., Robert B. and Robert F. HÉBERT. A History of Economic Theory and Method. 6th ed. Waveland Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1478606383. 2. HOLMAN, Robert. Dějiny ekonomického myšlení. 4. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2017. ISBN 978 -80-7400-641-8. 3. SOJKA, Milan. Dějiny ekonomických teorií. Praha: Havlíček Brain Team, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87109-21-2.

Recommended literature:

1. SIRŮČEK, Pavel. Průvodce dějinami standardních ekonomických teorií. 2. vyd. Slaný: Melandrium, 2003. ISBN 80-86175-35-9. 2. VENCOVSKÝ, František. Dějiny českého ekonomického myšlení do r. 1948. Brno: Nadace Universitas Masarykiana, 1997. ISBN 80-210-1624-8. 3. WHITE, Lawrence H. The Clash of Economic Ideas: The Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1107621336.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Ancient economic thought. Scholastics. 2. Mercantilism. 3. Physiocratism. 4. Classical School of Political Economy. A. Smith. D. Ricardo. J. S. Mill. 5. Neoclassical Economics. Cambridge School. 6. Neoclassical Economics. Lausanne School. 7. Theory of Imperfect and Monopolistic Competition. 8. Stockholm School of Economics. 9. Theory of John Maynard Keynes. 10. Neo-Keynesian Theory. Post-Keynesian Theory. New Keynesian Theory. 11. Monetarism. 12. Supply-side economics. New Classical Economics. 13. German Historical School. Institucionalism. 14. Czech Economic Thought.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2009/2010 Winter semester, validity until: 2010/2011 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation:

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Occurrence in study plans

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2010/2011 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (7202R020) Economics Journalism P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (N6208) Economics and Management (6202T049) Accounting and Taxes P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210T004) European Integration (00) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T010) Finance (00) Finance P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T040) Regional Development (00) Regional Development P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T027) National Economy (00) National Economy P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T055) Public Economics and Administration (00) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T055) Public Economics and Administration (00) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T027) National Economy (00) National Economy P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N6208) Economics and Management (6202T049) Accounting and Taxes P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T010) Finance (00) Finance P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (B6202) Economic Policy and Administration (7202R020) Economics Journalism P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T055) Public Economics and Administration (00) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T055) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T055) Public Economics and Administration (00) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T055) Public Economics and Administration P Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T040) Regional Development (00) Regional Development P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan
2009/2010 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6210T004) European Integration (00) European Integration P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2009/2010 Winter