INEQUALITIES AND DEVELOPMENT 2400-ZU2WW067
The aim of the course is to provide students with fundamental tools of development economics as well as to give some contextual knowledge about economic and social transformations.
Income Inequalities
Wealth Inequalities
Human Capital in the World
International Migrations
Global Savings
Urbanization and Growth
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Upon the course completion (lecture, discussions) a student:
- is able to critically analyse the data concerning the development, global inequalities and correlates of economic growth
- is able to recognise the frequently repeated fallacies concerning the determinants of growth and global inequalities
- is able to provide an explanation for the emerging global inequalities
- is able to formulate relevant research questions as well as provide an educated guess about the mechanics describing the analysed economic processes.
Assessment criteria
The final grading will be based on the presentation of a given topic (50% of the final grade) and a short essay for a chosen topic (50% of the final grade).
Bibliography
Piketty Thomas, 2014, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press and London.
Papers provided to students by the lecturer.
Additional information
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