OVERVIEW

This course aims at offering an overview of the economic growth and development from the Early Modern Age to the 21st century in a comparative perspective by focusing on the strategic factors responsible for modern growth.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

In this course, the long-term economic development is studied. The course traces the main transformations of the international economy starting from the industrial revolution; it focuses on some significant issues, such as population, agriculture, international commerce, manufacturing, and finance.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Knowledge and understanding: students must acquire adequate knowledge and effective understanding of the operation mechanisms of economic systems in a comparative and long-termperspective.
• Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: students must learn to apply acquired knowledge and understand problems related to the current economic context as a result of its historical evolution.
• Judgment Autonomy: students must be able to use both conceptual and operational skills acquired with autonomy of judgment and skills in different contexts of application.
• Communication Skills: students must acquire the technical language of the discipline to communicate clearly and unambiguously to specialists and non-specialists.
• Learning Abilities: students must develop adequate learning skills so they will be able to elaborate autonomously the key issues of the discipline, especially in the working contextswhere they will operate.

PREREQUISITES

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TEACHING METHODS

Face to face lectures.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• Growth and economic development in the long run
• Before the modern industry: preindustrial societies
• The start of modern Industry. England’s 18th century
• Development patterns: the Second Comers.
• From the first globalization to the second World War
• The modern economic development from 1945 to 1979
• The second globalization and its crises

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For English textbooks and teaching material, Erasmus students are invited to contact the lecturer during office hours.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANDREA ZANINI (President)

MARCO DORIA

LUIGI ODDO

LUISA PICCINNO

MARINA ROMANI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Second Semester. See the teaching calendar of the Department.

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written examination.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written examination, with multiple choice and open ended questions.

Exam schedule