OVERVIEW

The course will focus on some of the biggest global geopolitical issues,  crises and macroeconomic imbalancements trying to analyze them in the light of some of the most important economic theories

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

The course perspective will be the European economic development within the framework of international relations from the late Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age. The  goal of the course  should  be the understanding and the identification of the changing factors and their implication in social and economic history

PREREQUISITES

none

TEACHING METHODS

Students  will be given nline tests to check  the progress of their  background. The lecturer will stimulate the discussion about some of the most important topics taught 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Preindustrial societies (key-concepts)
-Population patterns
-Credit and money from the Ancient Regime to the Contemporary Age
-The Industrial Revolution
-Development  patterns: the First Comers
-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

references (6 ECTS course)
Ennio De Simone, Storia economica. Dalla rivoluzione industriale alla rivoluzione informatica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2014, pp. 3-203 e 220-316.

Other teaching materials will be uploaded to AW

/Bibliographic references are the same for attending and non-attending  students

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARINA ROMANI (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Second semester

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written test  (multiple choice and open-ended questions). Two separate question-sheets will be prepared and corrected by each professor. Attending students can take two intermediate tests.
Erasmus students have to contact the teachers  by e-mail. Specific readings will be  uploaded to Aulaweb

ASSESSMENT METHODS

 Multiple choice questions  will check  technicalities and specific contents/Open questions will check students' critical skills and  their ability to  elaborate  logically the topics   taught  in the course

ASSESSMENT METHODS

ASSESSMENT METHODS

 Multiple choice questions  will check  technicalities and specific contents/Open questions will check students' critical skills and  their ability to  elaborate  logically the topics   taught  in the course

Exam schedule