Syllabus
This semester, due to COVID pandemy the cource will be toughts in online form. The first class will take place online in MS teams. The other classes will combine on-line and pre-recorded modes. The sudents will have to submit weekly homeworks that probe the information presented in the pre-recorded lectures and monitore the timing of the seminar paper. Out of 10 weekly homeworks the students will have to submit 8. Otherwise the grade for the course will be lowered by 1 grade.
Link to the course in MS Teams https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZjAzYjY5YjctMWIyNS00NzRhLThkNTctNzc3YTFiOTIyMzI4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22e09276da-f934-4086-bf08-8816a20414a2%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22494a9a9c-aab9-4ba4-bbee-c79e75087692%22%7d
Structure of the course
Class 1. Lecture 1. Introduction. The structure of the course, organization of the course, lectures, seminars and readings, papers, requirements.
Part I The current economic systems.
Class 2. Lecture 2. The market system versus the command system. Main mechanisms and players. The circular flow. Economic cycles. The zero milestone for the final paper – the topic.
Class 3. Lecture 3. The role of money and financial markets in the current economic system. The history of money
The first milestone for the final paper – the topic and the aim of the paper
Class 4. Seminar 1. Group work and student presentations
· Inequality
· Social systems
Class 5. Seminar 2. Group work and student presentations
· Political systems
· Civil society
Part II Medieval economic systems
Class 6. Lecture. The second milestone for the final paper – the aim of the paper and the literature survey
Class 7. Seminar
Class 8 Seminar
Part III Ancient economic systems
Class 9. Lecture
Class 10. Seminar. The third milestone for the final paper – the main part, arguments, and discussion.
Part IV World economic system according to Immanuel Wallerstein
Class 11. Lecture. World economic system according to Immanuel Wallerstein
Class 12. Seminar. States or corporations as the governing force. History and the current state
Class 13. Exam. The fourth milestone for the final paper – the whole paper submission date.
Annotation
The aim of the course is
1) to provide an overview of the historical development of economic systems on the macro level of analysis on lectures;
2) to discuss particular aspects of economic and social processes in the historical-sociological context in student presentation and group discussions;
3) analyze the particular factors that were associated with particular historical phases of socioeconomic development and interrelations of these factors in student papers;
4) improve students’ presentation and writing skills. Lectures will draw on selected texts from the history of economic theories as well as sociological texts concerning modernization processes. We will also use existing high-quality video content. The course will combine lectures with student presentations and discussions. Link to the course in Moodle https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=7660#section-0