HISTORY OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS
Instructional goals
To provide students with major analytic and comparative tools to interpret the evolution of world economic history from the industrial revolution to globalization and beyond.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course students will have learned the main historical stages of the economic, social and institutional development process in Italy, in Europe and in the international economy.
Applying knowledge and understanding: Students will be able to identify today's economic, social and institutional dynamics and identify which economic policy tools are best suited to stimulate and support economic development.
Making judgements: The knowledge acquired during the course will allow students to critically evaluate the ongoing economic processes and analyse their possible impacts in industrial, cultural, technological and institutional transformations. The development of autonomy of judgment will be solicited by the teacher through student participation in discussions during lectures.
Communications Skills: This course will provide students with the conceptual and lexical tools in order to communicate their acquired autonomy of judgment in a historical and contemporary key with clarity and competence in any context.
Learning skills: The course aims to develop analysis and judgment skills on economic facts with a historical, dynamic and evolutionary approach, so that the student will be able to continue his formation with sufficient degree of autonomy.
Course Contents
World economic history from the industrial revolution to globalization.
Reference Books
Giuseppe Di Taranto, La globalizzazione diacronica, Torino, Giappichelli, 2013.
Ennio De Simone, Storia economica. Dalla rivoluzione industriale alla rivoluzione informatica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018 (Excluded Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, Appendix).
Giuseppe Di Taranto, L’Europa tradita, Roma, Luiss University Press, 2017.
Teaching Methods
Up-front classes using traditional sources and electronic sources. Seminars.
Assessment Method
The final written test is composed of 31 multiple choice questions (the 31st question allows for the attribution of honors), aimed mainly at testing the knowledge of the theoretical notions of economic history and the ability to critically apply the subject.
The student must indicate the only correct answer among the three options proposed. One point is assigned to each correct answer; incorrect answers are not considered and are worth zero points. The minimum grade to pass the test is 18/30.
The final exam will focus on the entire program contained in the syllabus.
Thesis assignment criteria
Commitment and interest showed, and abilities acquired by the student.
Does the syllabus cover sustainability topics?
Yes
Week 1 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
Presentation of the course. Subject and method. See: G. Di Taranto, La globalizzazione diacronica, Torino, Giappichelli, 2013, first chapter.
On line session
Economic and business history: premises and goals. See: G. Di Taranto, La globalizzazione diacronica, Torino, Giappichelli, 2013, first chapter.
Week 2 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
Economic systems: feudalism, mercantilism, industrial capitalism, collectivist
economy. Rise and fall of capitalism. See: G. Di Taranto, La globalizzazione diacronica, Torino, Giappichelli, 2013, second chapter.
On line session
Business cycles: short and long waves. Cycles and crises. See: G. Di Taranto, La globalizzazione diacronica, Torino, Giappichelli, 2013, chapter 3.
Week 3 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
The Washington Consensus and globalization. See: G. Di Taranto, La globalizzazione diacronica, Torino, Giappichelli, 2013, fourth chapter.
On line session
The ICT revolution and globalization. See: G. Di Taranto, La globalizzazione diacronica,
Torino, Giappichelli, 2013, fourth chapter.
Week 4 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
Diachronic globalization: developed economies. See: G. Di Taranto, La globalizzazione diacronica, Torino, Giappichelli, 2013, chapter fourth.
On line session
Diachronic globalization: emerging economies and transition economies. See: G. Di Taranto, La globalizzazione diacronica, Torino, Giappichelli, 2013, chapter fourth.
Week 5 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
Europe betrayed: from market economy to crisis economy. See: G. Di Taranto, L’Europa tradita, Roma, Luiss University Press, 2017.
On line session
Europe betrayed: new paradigms in economics. See: G. Di Taranto, L’Europa tradita, Roma, Luiss University Press, 2017.
Week 6 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
The European economic and monetary integration process. Europe betrayed: fake economic convergence. Pt.1
See: G. Di Taranto, L’Europa tradita, Luiss University Press, 2017.
On line session
The European economic and monetary integration process. Europe betrayed: fake economic convergence. Pt.2 See: G. Di Taranto, L’Europa tradita,
Luiss University Press, 2017.
Week 7 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
The first industrial revolution: economic sectors and innovation in UK. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapters 6 to 7.
On line session
Second-comer countries: France and the US. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapter 8.
Week 8 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
Growth between 1850 and 1914. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano,
Franco Angeli, 2018, chapter 9.
On line session
The second industrial revolution: new economic sectors and innovation. See: E. De
Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapters 10 to 13.
Week 9 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
Industrialized countries: UK and France. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapter 14.
On line session
Fast-growing economies: Germany and the US. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapter 15.
Two case studies: Russia and Japan. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapter 16.
Week 10 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
The Italian economy since the Unification. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapters 17-18 and 32.
On line session
WWI and the economic consequences of the war. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapter 19.
Soviet Union. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapter 20 and 33.
Week 11 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
The interwar years: the great depression, Keynes, and the New Deal. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapters 21, 22.
On line session
WWII and the economics of reconstruction. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica,Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapter 25.
Week 12 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
On campus session
From the Golden Age to the shock of the 1970s. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapter 26.
On line session
The developed economics: Usa e Japan. See: E. De Simone, Storia economica, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2018, chapter 30.