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Semester | Herbstsemester 2018 |
Angebotsmuster | Jedes Herbstsemester |
Dozierende | Mattia Fochesato (mattia.fochesato@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
Inhalt | 1. Introduction: the long run sweep of development 2. Pre modern economies: Malthusian stagnation and Smithian growth 3. The rise of the West and the European military expansion 4. The British Industrial Revolution 5. Nineteenth century globalization: mass migrations, trade, and capital flows 6. Economic growth and living standards: real wages, poverty and subsistence 7. Economic growth and inequality: the Kuznets’ curve in historical perspective 8. The Great Divergence in the periphery: Asia, Africa and Latin America. |
Lernziele | This course presents the main historical determinants of economic growth and development in a world historical perspective. During the course the students will understand the main facts of global economic history from the Late Middle Ages until the 20th century. They will also learn to connect the main economic principles and theories with key historical economic and social events. Finally, the students will analyze the institutional and technological determinants of standards of living, poverty and inequality in history. |
Literatur | 1. J. Baten (ed) A history of the global economy. 1500 to present Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2016 2. R.C. Allen, Global Economic History: a very short introduction, Oxford University Press, 2011. 3. G. Clark, A farewell to alms: a brief economic history of the world, Princeton University Press, 2008. 4. K.H. O’Rourke and J.G. Williamson, Globalization and history: the evolution of a nineteenth century Atlantic economy, MIT Press, 2001. 5. B. Milanovic, Global Inequality. A New Approach for the Age of Globalization. Harvard University Press, 2016. 6. W. Scheidel, The Great Leveler, Princeton University Press, 2017. |
Teilnahmebedingungen | As minimum requirements for this course, students should know some introductory econometrics, microeconomics and macroeconomics. |
Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Registration: Please enrol in MOnA. EUCOR-Students and students of other Swiss Universities have to enrol at the students administration office (studseksupport1@unibas.ch) within the official enrolment period. Enrolment = Registration for the exam! |
Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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Module |
Wahlbereich Bachelor Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Empfehlungen (Bachelorstudium: Wirtschaftswissenschaften) Wahlbereich Bachelor Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Empfehlungen (Bachelor Studienfach: Wirtschaftswissenschaften) |
Leistungsüberprüfung | Semesterendprüfung |
Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Students will have to write one or two term paper(s) |
An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmeldung: Belegen |
Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
Skala | 1-6 0,1 |
Wiederholtes Belegen | beliebig wiederholbar |
Zuständige Fakultät | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät / WWZ, studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät |