Political Economy I: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy

This course presents the basic macroeconomic subjects, the selection and analytic approach of which is adjusted to the needs – as all of the curriculum – of the political science students. Specifically, subjects and the method of studying the phenomenon of the total economy are discussed, as well as its explanation, and their significance for the wellbeing of the societies is highlighted. The economic growth, unemployment, domestic income restrictions and external income restrictions of the state, demand and offer of money, inflation and business circles, are Investigated, and in these terms, emerge the differences between abolitionist economic theories and economic thinking currents. Last, significant part of the course is dedicated to the discussion of economic, specifically macroeconomic politics (the logic, the targets, the means of politics), as well as the related debates. The European economies and, amongst them, the Greek economy, offer examples of empirical discussion.

Objectives

This course presents the basic macroeconomic subjects, the selection and analytic approach of which is adjusted to the needs – as all of the curriculum – of the political science students.

Prerequisites

This course has no prerequisites.

Syllabus

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