This course aims to provide a basic understanding of the principle features of the transformational processes within international economics from the first industrial revolution to modern times, with particular attention for the Italian economy between the post-Second World War and contemporary periods.
At the end of the course, students must:
- possess a basic understanding of the chronology and nature of the development of European industrialized economies as well as that of their principle non-European counterparts from the end of the eighteenth century to the twentieth;
- be able to describe the historical and comparative contexts of the principle contemporary economic systems;
- be able to present the knowledge they have acquired using the correct terminology and concepts pertaining to the Economic history.
At the end of the course, students must:
- possess a basic understanding of the chronology and nature of the development of European industrialized economies as well as that of their principle non-European counterparts from the end of the eighteenth century to the twentieth;
- be able to describe the historical and comparative contexts of the principle contemporary economic systems;
- be able to present the knowledge they have acquired using the correct terminology and concepts pertaining to the Economic history.
Curriculum
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1. The First Industrial Revolution: demographic and agricultural conditions, transport, trade, innovation, the organization of production and British industrialization; the early development of France and the United States.
2. The Second Industrial Revolution: population growth, migration, technological change, banking and monetary systems, large firms and international trade; the different paths followed by Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia and Japan.
3. Italy from unification to the Second World War: economic unification, regional disparities, trade policy choices, the role of the state and industrial take-off.
4. Wars, crises and economic policies in the first half of the twentieth century: the wartime economy, the consequences of the First World War, the Soviet experience, the Great Depression and the policies adopted to address it.
5. The world economy after the Second World War: reconstruction, international economic institutions, the Golden Age, the crises of the 1970s, changes in production, neoliberal policies and globalization.
6. The Italian economy from 1945 to the crisis of 2008: reconstruction, postwar growth, the Southern Question, the role of state-owned enterprises, the end of the Golden Age, Made in Italy, European integration, difficulties in sustaining growth and the Great Recession.
7. Changes in the international economic landscape: the end of centrally planned economies, developments in the US and Japanese economies, the growth of Asian economies, and development paths in Latin America and Africa.
P. Battilani, F. Fauri, L’economia italiana dal 1945 ad oggi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2019
The textbooks listed above are in Italian. International students who wish to prepare for the examination in English may agree on suitable English-language textbooks with the instructor.
Mutuazione: 21210413-1 Storia delle idee e dei fatti economici - I mod. in Scienze Economiche LM-56 R TREZZINI ATTILIO
Programme
The course History of Economic Ideas and Events consists of two closely integrated modules which, for organizational reasons, are formally divided into Economic History and History of Economic Thought. The module of Economic History traces the major transformations of economies from the First Industrial Revolution to the contemporary era. It examines different national paths of development, the role of the state and international institutions, and Italy’s position in the world economy.1. The First Industrial Revolution: demographic and agricultural conditions, transport, trade, innovation, the organization of production and British industrialization; the early development of France and the United States.
2. The Second Industrial Revolution: population growth, migration, technological change, banking and monetary systems, large firms and international trade; the different paths followed by Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia and Japan.
3. Italy from unification to the Second World War: economic unification, regional disparities, trade policy choices, the role of the state and industrial take-off.
4. Wars, crises and economic policies in the first half of the twentieth century: the wartime economy, the consequences of the First World War, the Soviet experience, the Great Depression and the policies adopted to address it.
5. The world economy after the Second World War: reconstruction, international economic institutions, the Golden Age, the crises of the 1970s, changes in production, neoliberal policies and globalization.
6. The Italian economy from 1945 to the crisis of 2008: reconstruction, postwar growth, the Southern Question, the role of state-owned enterprises, the end of the Golden Age, Made in Italy, European integration, difficulties in sustaining growth and the Great Recession.
7. Changes in the international economic landscape: the end of centrally planned economies, developments in the US and Japanese economies, the growth of Asian economies, and development paths in Latin America and Africa.
Prerequisiti
Knowledge covered in introductory courses in Macroeconomics and MicroeconomicsCore Documentation
E. De Simone, Storia Economica. Dalla rivoluzione industriale alla rivoluzione informatica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2019P. Battilani, F. Fauri, L’economia italiana dal 1945 ad oggi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2019
The textbooks listed above are in Italian. International students who wish to prepare for the examination in English may agree on suitable English-language textbooks with the instructor.
Attendance
Not compulsoryType of evaluation
Assessment for the first module will consist of an oral examination with questions on the syllabus. Assessment for the second module will be based on a research project prepared individually or in a group on one of the listed topics, using readings agreed with the instructor for each project.