History of Economic Doctrines

Bachelor 2023/2024

Type: Compulsory course (History)

Area of studies: History

Delivered by: Department of Humanities

Where: Faculty of Management

When: 5 year, 1, 2 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Elena Sannikova

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 44

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Abstract

The course examines the formation and development of economic thought / theory from antiquity to the present day. The main attention is paid to the disclosure of the conceptual provisions of various theories and the formation of scientific economic schools that developed in the 20th century.

Learning Objectives

• Expanding the professional and general intellectual horizons of students and developing a culture of critical thinking;
• the formation of students' ideas about the factors and conditions for the development of economic knowledge, the patterns of evolution and change of main schools in economics, the social role of economic theory
• mastery of knowledge about the possibilities of interdisciplinary interaction in the field of social and humanitarian research.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Apply key philosophical and psychological concepts to their own lives and thought
- Understand public speaking, including through technical means; - extract implicit information from an oral message of a monological or dialogical nature;
Knows the main directions and trends in the evolution of modern economic thought, is able to recognize and critically evaluate the premises of various economic theories, their strengths and weaknesses, and the scope of applicability.
Knows the basic concepts formed in the framework of classical and Marxist political economy, their influence on the subsequent development of economic science and practice, understands their philosophical, ideological and ethical prerequisites, is able to recognize and critically evaluate the features and areas of application of the relevant theoretical ideas and economic and political attitudes.
Knows the main stages in the development of domestic economic thought, its international relationships and the contribution of its leading representatives to world economic science.

Course Contents

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Assessment Elements

Work at seminars
Activity and completeness of answers at seminars
Essay on suggested questions
Group defense with presentation
Exam

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 2nd module
0.2 * Essay on suggested questions + 0.3 * Exam + 0.2 * Group defense with presentation + 0.3 * Work at seminars

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

A companion to the history of economic thought, , 2003
Metaphors in the history of economic thought : crises, business cycles and equilibrium, , 2023
Political economy and religion : essays in the history of economic thought, , 2019
Roncaglia, A. (2005). The Wealth of Ideas : A History of Economic Thought. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=132292
Samuels, W. J., Biddle, J., & Davis, J. B. (2003). A Companion to the History of Economic Thought. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=108710
История экономических учений : Учебник для вузов, Ядгаров, Я.С., 2000

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Defending the history of economic thought, Kates, S., 2013
Hodgson, G. M. (2005). The Wealth of Ideas: A History of Economic Thought. By Alessandro Roncaglia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. xiv + 582 pp. Index, notes, references. Cloth, $110.00. ISBN: 0-521-84337-5. Business History Review, (04), 903. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.cup.buhirw.v79y2005i04p903.906.03

Authors

SANNIKOVA ELENA ANDREEVNA

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