Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Economics and Business |
Grao en Economía |
Subjects |
The World Economy |
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Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
Subject | The World Economy | Code | 611G01011 | |||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Second | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
I: Measuring the economy | 1. The principles of economic activity. Economic macromagnitudes. National accounts (SEC) 2. External accounts: Balance of payments 3. Socio-economic indicators of growth and development. Statistics from WB, OECD, IMF, UNCTAD, WTO, UNDP, EUROSTAT |
II. Analysis of the world economy. Globalization and the role of International Economic Institutions | 4. Evolution of the world economy under the capitalist framework. The globalization of the economy since Bretton Woods. Theories of economic growth. 5.-Emerging economies. The virtuous/vicious circle of development. Sustainable development (SDG): Welfare, environment, migrations |
III. International economic relations and globalization | 6. Internalization and international trade. WTO and UNCTAD 7. International financial system, financial globalization and financial crisis. WB and IMF 8. Economic integration. The European Union |
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