Экономическая история

Бакалавриат 2024/2025

Статус: Курс по выбору (Международная программа по экономике и финансам)

Направление: 38.03.01. Экономика

Кто читает: Международный институт экономики и финансов

Где читается: Международный институт экономики и финансов

Когда читается: 3-й курс, 3, 4 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 4

Контактные часы: 56

Full Syllabus

Abstract

a. Pre-requisites Students are supposed to be competent in basic economic theory and economic statistics. Students are also expected to be familiar with the introduction to macroeconomics. b. Abstract: The course examines the key cases of the economic development of human society. We will answer the following questions: • Why did the Neolithic revolution (the transition to agriculture) take place, why did the average income fall during the transition to civilization, and why did the states cover the entire planet • Why did Eurasia take over America, and not vice versa? • How did it happen that despite almost a thousand years of dominance in the economy of China and India, the industrial revolution took place in Europe? • How has fertility determined the economy throughout human history, and why is demography “not working” now? • Why did slavery and serfdom return in modern times? What were the economic backgrounds for slavery in the 19th century, and why did the American Civil War in fact occur? • What causes led the world to the Great Depression? What lessons can we learn from the economic policy of the authorities of that time? • Why do poor countries still exist? Why, despite the accumulated baggage of knowledge about the development of the economy, the authorities of many countries are in no hurry to put them into practice? • How did the agrarian crises destroy the Russian Empire? • How did Stalin industrialize? • Why did the Soviet Union collapse? • Why are there many scientists in Russia, but few innovators? The course is aimed at providing knowledge for critical analysis of the global issues of human economic development. The selected topics either cover the gaps in current educational programs or are directly related to the actual challenges of the global economy and Russia, in particular: the causes of long-term economic growth, migration, economic crises, globalization, political background for economic policy. A special place (4 lectures) in the course is devoted to the history of the Russian economy. The selected plots are key to understanding the current situation and further crossroads of development. Within the course (the last 4 seminars), students will be given the opportunity to choose and study the case of the professional career of a Russian inventor (periods of the Russian Empire and the USSR), to understand the conditions and factors for a successful invention, the economic and social effects of implementing innovations, and the further trajectory of the inventor's professional development. The course is based on modern monographs and articles by the world's leading economic historians.

Learning Objectives

provide a general understanding of the evolution of the world economy from at least 1 century A.D. to the present in terms of economic systems, institutions and policies;
make students familiar with the key factors of the long-term economic growth confirmed by the historical fact and the most frequent policy and cognitive mistakes and myths around it;
provide students a broad picture of the evolution of the Russian economy, its fundamental peculiarities and the framework of national economic policy;
develop the critical thinking skills in global economy analysis.

Expected Learning Outcomes

understand how the history influence on the present economy, policies and trends;
apply the knowledge of economic theory in solving economic and social challenges
correctly analyze the past and current economic issues and economic policies in Russia

Course Contents

Course «Economic History»: the plan, content and requirements
Neolithic Revolution and the curse of labour
Why Eurasia colonised America (not opposite)? Interaction of Europe with America and Asia
The reasons for the rise of Europe: a quick "take-off" or a long training? Part 1. Malthusian trap
The reasons for the rise of Europe: a quick "take-off" or a long training? Part 2. Institutions and the world-system
Age of empires
Slavery and the American Civil War through the prism of economics
The Great Depression in the USA and in the world
Institutional reasons for divergence in development across countries
The agrarian challenge for Russian Empire
Economic system of Stalin’s USSR
Economic reasons of the USSR failure
Can Russia Compete?

Assessment Elements

Mid-term exam
Final exam
In order to get a passing grade for the course, the student must sit (all parts) of the examination.
Presentation of the project
Class activity
Class assignment and essay

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 4th module
0.2 * Class activity + 0.05 * Class assignment and essay + 0.4 * Final exam + 0.25 * Mid-term exam + 0.1 * Presentation of the project

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

The world economy : a millennial perspective, Maddison, A., 2001
Нуреев, Р. М., Экономическая история России (опыт институционального анализа) : учебное пособие / Р. М. Нуреев, Ю. В. Латов. — Москва : КноРус, 2016. — 268 с. — ISBN 978-5-406-05506-9. — URL: https://book.ru/book/920206 (дата обращения: 27.08.2024). — Текст : электронный.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies, Diamond, J., 1999
O’Rourke, K. H., & Broadberry, S. N. (2010). The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 1, 1700–1870. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=317639
O’Rourke, K. H., & Broadberry, S. N. (2010). The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 2, 1870 to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=317649
Динамика капитализма, Бродель, Ф., 1993

Authors

KUTSENKO EVGENIY SERGEEVICH

Course Syllabus