| HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THEORY
(objectives)
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.
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Code
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21201506 |
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Code
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21201506-1 |
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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5
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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SECS-P/04
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Contact Hours
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30
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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CICCONE ROBERTO
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Birth of Marginalism: Jevons and Menger: utility as the foundation of the value of goods; Walras: the system of general economic equilibrium; difficulties connected with the treatment of capital.
Alfred Marshall: specific aspects of Marshall's value theory; claim to continuity with Ricardo's theory.
Spreading marginalism and alternative lines of thought (mention). Development of the marginalist approach between the end of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century. Two fundamental break points of the prevalence of marginalism: Keynes and Sraffa.
Walras' social-political conceptions: distributive equity and social justice; Walras' criticism of Marx's value theory.
Ricardo's 'macroeconomics': level of social product and Say's law; quantitative theory of money; public debt and taxation.
(reference books)
1. Appunti sulla teoria della distribuzione e del valore negli economisti classici (limited to chaps. 2-6, pp. 7-62), available at the copyshop "Copyando", via Osiense 457/d, Roma;
2. R. Ciccone, Materiale didattico per il corso di Storia del Pensiero Economico, available at the copyshop "Copyando", via Ostiense 457/d, Roma.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 01/10/2016 to 20/12/2016 |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Code
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21201506-2 |
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Language
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ITA |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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4
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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SECS-P/04
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Contact Hours
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30
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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TRABUCCHI PAOLO
(syllabus)
1. Social surplus, value and distribution in the classical approach: Quesnay, Smith, Ricardo, Marx.
2. Political economy after Ricardo: the "Ricardian socialists", the critics of Ricardo, Ricardo's disciples; John Stuart Mill.
(reference books)
Appunti sulla teoria della distribuzione e del valore negli economisti classici (only chapters 2-6, pp. 7-62), available at the copy shop "Copyando", via Osiense 457/d, Roma;
Materiale didattico per il corso di Storia del Pensiero Economico a cura del prof. R. Ciccone, available at the copy shop "Copyando", via Osiense 457/d, Roma.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From 01/10/2016 to 20/12/2016 |
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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