A83533 Comparative Economics

At the end of the course the student will be able:

1. to observe the economic systems and inter-system linkages (empirical survey);
2. to collect economic hard data and factual information and to contextualize them in a broad social science perspective (interdisciplinary approach to economy);
3. to assess the performance of various economic systems (thematic comparison);
4. to conduct strategic foresight exercise (based on the local and global uncertainties) and to explore various possible scenarios (alternative images of future) of the economic systems (regional, national) and inter-system linkages.