Università Roma Tre

THE COURSE AIMS TO EXPOSE SOME FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE AUTHORS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED HERE WILL BE PLACED IN THEIR HISTORICAL MOMENT, IN ORDER TO BETTER EXPLAIN SOME ASPECTS OF THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE LIGHT OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA THAT WERE THEN IN PROGRESS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN, IN THIS RESPECT, TO THE DRASTIC CHANGE OF APPROACH IN ECONOMIC THEORY THAT BEGAN IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF RICARDO, AND FOR WHICH IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND A JUSTIFICATION ON THE ANALYTICAL GROUND ONLY. THE WORKSHOP IS INTENDED, INTER ALIA, TO HIGHLIGHT THE CHARACTER OF SOCIAL SCIENCE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, WHICH IN PART CAN BRING IN PART BASIC COURSES IN ECONOMICS, WHERE THE FOCUS IS PRIMARILY ON THE FORMAL LOGIC OF ECONOMIC THEORY.