1. History, Philosophy, and Methodology of Economics – Introduction; economics as a science; two dimensions of analysis: the development of methods (and models) and the development of economic ideas (and theories). Benefits of studying the history and methodology of economics.
2. The Beginnings of Economic Thought – the “search” for economics within general philosophical reflection; the first economic systems, including physiocratism and mercantilism.
3. Classical Economics – A. Smith, T. Malthus, D. Ricardo, and J.S. Mill.
4. K. Marx and the Critique of Classical Economics, utopian socialism.
5. The Beginnings of Neoclassical Economics – the subjective-marginalist revolution; L. Walras’s general equilibrium model; A. Marshall’s reflections on economics, including economic laws, and the relation of micro- to macroeconomics.
6. Critiques of Neoclassical Economics – M. Weber and the problem of value judgments; T.B. Veblen and evolutionary economics.
7. Macroeconomic Analysis – J.M. Keynes, M. Friedman.
8. The Economics of Entrepreneurship and the Firm – J. Schumpeter; the economics of information, F. Hayek.
9. Selected Concepts in the Philosophy of Science – including the views of Kuhn, Popper, and Lakatos; ethical systems.
10. Methods of Explanation in Economics – correlation vs. causation; relations in the theory–model–empirics triad; the problem of unrealistic assumptions in economic models; criteria for comparing theories.
11. Measurement, Experiments, Mechanisms, Evidence-Based Policy.
12. The Ethical Limits of the Market, or what money cannot buy.
13. Selected Theories of the Firm from a Methodological Perspective.
Szacunkowy nakład pracy studenta: 4ECTS x 25h = 100h
(K) - godziny kontaktowe (S) - godziny pracy samodzielnej
wykład (zajęcia): 25h (K) 0h (S)
ćwiczenia (zajęcia): 0h (K) 0h (S)
egzamin: 2h (K) 0h (S)
konsultacje: 3h (K) 0h (S)
przygotowanie do ćwiczeń: 0h (K) 30h (S)
przygotowanie do wykładów: 0h (K) 0h (S)
przygotowanie do kolokwium: 0h (K) 0h (S)
przygotowanie do egzaminu: 0h (K) 20h (S)
aktywności dodatkowe: 0h (K) 20h (S)
Razem: 30h (K) + 70h (S) = 100h