FSS:HEN444 Economics I - Course Information
HEN444 Economics and Environment I
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Stanislav Kutáček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Martin Černý (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Eva Fraňková, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Veronika Išová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 8:00–9:30 U35
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Environmental Studies (programme FSS, N-HE)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to:
Present a basic overview of the assumptions, concepts and methods of mainstream economics while cultivating a critical perspective stemming from hetorodox economic and other streams of thought. Emphasis will be placed on the environmental aspects and implications of the topics discussed.
After having taken the course, the student will:
understand basic economic assumptions, concepts, assertions and thought patterns,informed by an environmental perspective,
be able to discuss the hidden assumptions behind the concepts and assertions of mainstream economics and their environmental implications,
enhance her/his capacities of critical thinking, reflection, discussion and dialogue. For a deeper understanding of the course topics,it i suggested students register for the course: HEN659 Economics and environment I - seminar - Syllabus
- 1.Introduction to course, mutual expectations, evaluation system, overview of course aims and topics
- 2.Hidden assumptions behind mainstream economics
- 3.Supply and demand, efectivity and productivity, general equlibrium model and pareto optimum
- 4.A critical look at supply and demand, efectivity and productivity, general equlibrium model and pareto optimality
- 5.Contingent evaluation methods, cost- benefit analysis, reflections on their hidden assumptions
- 6. Money and us
- 7. Economic growth as an economic evergreen, questions around green growth
- 8.Critique of economic growth, other paradigms: Buen vivir, degrowth
- 9.Equality and inequality, distribution and equity, models and reality
- 10.Nature and ownership from the perspective of mainstream economics
- 11. Limitations of private property, the commons
- 12.Laissez-faire, free trade and protectionism
- 13. Critique of the ideas of free trade, the idea of economic localisation
- Literature
- ACKERMAN, Frank: Can we afford the future? The economics of a warming world. Zed Books,London, 2009
- JOHANISOVÁ, Naděžda. Ekologická ekonomie: vybrané kapitoly (Ecological Economics: Selected Chapters). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 88 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7116-2. info
- HILL, Roderick and Anthony MYATT. The economics anti-textbook : a critical thinker's guide to microeconomics. London: Zed Books, 2010, ix, 305. ISBN 9781842779392. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures supported by selected Internet information and a film, structured discussions during class, regular compulsory readings during course.
- Assessment methods
- Evaluation: compusory readings during course weeks, minimum attendance at 5 classes, voluntary written test, oral examination.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- ENSn4444 Economics for Environmentalists
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- ENSn4444 Economics for Environmentalists
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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