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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Sociology |
| Grao en Socioloxia |
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| Political Economics |
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| Identifying Data | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Political Economics | Code | 615G01104 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 2nd four-month period |
First | Basic training | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| LESSON 1: WHAT IS ECONOMY? |
1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Basics 1.3. Economic Models: The FPP and trade 1.4. Graphic representations in economics |
| LESSON 2: SUPPLY AND DEMAND | 2.1. Supply and demand 2.2. The market equilibrium 2.3. The elasticity 2.4. Dynamic models: “the spider-net model” |
| LESSON 3: AGENTS AND MARKETS | 3.1. Consumer surplus and producer 3.2. Decision-making |
| LESSON 4: PRODUCTION | 4.1. What's behind the supply curve?: Factors of production and costs 4.2. Perfect competition and the supply curve |
| LESSON 5: CONSUM | 5.1. The rational consumer 5.2. Preferences and consumer choice |
| LESSON 6: MARKETS AND EFFICIENCY | 6.1. Factor markets and income distribution 6.2. Efficiency and equity 6.3. Public goods and externalities |
| LESSON 7: MARKET STRUCTURE: BEYOND PERFECT COMPETITION | 7.1. monopoly 7.2. Oligopoly and monopolistic competition 7.3. Monopolistic competition and product differentiation 7.4. Comparative analysis: some different market structures |
| LESSON 8: INTRODUCTION TO NATIONAL ACCOUNTS | 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. The national income or national product |
| LESSON 9: AGGREGATE DEMAND AND EQUILIBRIUM INCOME | 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. Aggregate demand and equilibrium output 9.3. Increase in aggregate demand: The spending multiplier 9.4. Introduction of the Public Sector for determination of equilibrium income |
| LESSON 10: MONEY AND COMMERCIAL BANKS | 10.1. introduction 10.2. Money: origins, types and functions 10.3. Commercial banks and money creation 10.4. The demand for money 10.5. Financial intermediaries |
| LESSON 11: THE CENTRAL BANK AND MONETARY POLICY | 11.1. Introduction 11.2. The functions of the Central Bank 11.3. Controlling the amount of money |
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