ESF:BPE_HOD1 Economic History 1 - Course Information

BPE_HOD1 Economic History 1

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Lucie Coufalová, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Hana Lipovská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Petr Zimčík, Ph.D. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Jarmila Šveňhová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Tue 14:00–15:50 P103

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

BPE_HOD1/01: each odd Tuesday 16:00–17:50 P201, L. Coufalová
BPE_HOD1/02: each even Tuesday 16:00–17:50 P201, L. Žídek
BPE_HOD1/03: each odd Tuesday 18:00–19:50 P201, L. Coufalová

Prerequisites (in Czech)

( BPE_MAE1 Macroeconomics 1 || BPE_MAC1 Macroeconomics 1 )

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course consists of lectures and seminars. The main goal of the lectures is to provide students with a complex overview of the historical development and contemporary situation in the world economy. The knowledge gained in the course should help the students to get a better understanding of the present world on the basis of the political, economical and historical relations. Additionally, the course should help the students to use theoretical knowledge from other courses in the area of the factual historical economic environment. The course is divided into two main blocks. The first one explores the development of world economy as a whole approximately from 1800 to the early 1990's. The second half of the course provides students with a detailed picture of the economic development after World War II both in the three major economic centres - the USA, Europe and Japan - and in developing countries, in Russia and in centrally planned economies. Relatively independent chapters then cover the development of the international monetary system, relevant international economic organisations as well as the economic development of Czechoslovakia (or the Czech Republic) from its establishment to the present. Students are supposed to have an active knowledge of macroeconomics. At the end of the course students should be able to exercise an orientation in the long run development of the world economy. They acquire dispositions for better understanding of the contemporary development. They will get deeper insight into the nature of the basic economic concepts in the light of development of the world economy.

Syllabus

• LECTURES: 1. The introduction to the world economy - definition, global trends; revision of the basics of macroeconomics; 2. Development of the world economy since the beginning of the 19th Century till the First World War – the role of Great Britain, colonial system, international trade and investment; 3. The world economy between 1918 and the end of the 1920s – the impact of the First World War, characteristics of the 1920s, development in Germany and the USA; 4. The development in the 1930s –the Great Depression, collapse of the international trade; 5. The reconstruction after the Second World War till 1970s – war economies, situation after the war, reconstruction, bipolarity, successful development in the 1950s and the 1960s; 6. The oil crises and the development in the 1980s – the causes and the impact of the oil crises; 7. The development of the monetary system – gold standard, modification of the gold standard, Bretton-Wood system, monetary system after 1973; 8. Japan – the development till the First World War, the economy between the wars, the reconstruction and economic miracle after the war, troubles in the 1970s, difficulties in the 1990s; 9. the USA – characteristics of the system, the economic development before the First World War, the golden period after the Second World War, stagflation in the 1970s, Reganomics, strong economy in the 1990s; 10. Europe/ developing countries – European integration, euro, characteristics of a developing country, reasons for lagging behind and ways to overcome it, Asian tigers; 11. Russia and centrally planned economies – Russia in the 19th Century, creation of the planned economy after the 1917, gradual worsening of the economic situation; constitution of the centrally planned economies, characteristic of the system, the fall; 12. Czechoslovakia/ international organizations – development of the Czechoslovak economy between 1918 and today; the characteristics of the main international organizations; 13. Contemporary situation in the world economy – the regions, trends, the development of the main economic indicators, globalization SEMINARS: selected problems from the world economy

Literature

required literature
• ŽÍDEK, Libor. Dějiny světového hospodářství (History of World Economy). 2. rozšířené. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2009, 400 pp. ISBN 978-80-7380-184-7. info

Teaching methods

The course consists of lectures and seminars. Basic macroeconomic knowledge is a precondition for the course. The students have to fill self-correcting exercises in the IS during every week in the semester and gain more than 40% points. And the studens have to be prepared for the seminars - foremost read articles in advance.

Assessment methods

The exam takes place in the exam period. The exam has a written form/on computers. It is necessary to have more than 60 % to pass the exam. Students are required to work throughout semester and failing this may result in point loss at the final exam or them not being admitted to the final exam. Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.

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