Student guide Facoltà di Economia A.A. 2006/07

The course intends to provide a global, inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural understanding of the economic realities and to enhance critical, comparative and strategic thinking of the students.

1.Introduction (Prof. Pant)

1.1.      The economic systems (in historical and contemporary perspectives)

1.2.      Possibilities and limits of comparative approach to economic systems

 

2.elected system survey: the economy of the United States of America (Dr. Liebow)

2.1       An overview of USA’s economy

2.2.      Characteristic features of USA’s economy (role of culture, history, geography…)

2.3.                         USA’s place and role in the world economy

2.4.             USA and its neighbouring economic systems (Canada and Mexico)

2.5.             Problems, challenges and future prospects of USA’s economy and society

 

3.Global thematic comparison: selected performance survey of national economies (Prof. Pant)

3.1.      Economic and financial sustainability (wealth creation, financial credibility, competitiveness, entrepreneurial spirit, economic freedom…)

3.2       Social sustainability (wealth distribution, human development index, genuine progress indicators…)

3.3.      Environmental sustainability (ecological footprint of nations and living planet index, natural resources management, environmental sustainability index…)

 

4.Next economy: strategic foresight exercise (Prof. Pant)

Gregory, P.R. & Stuart, R.C., Comparative Economic Systems, Houghton Mifflin, Boston/New York, 1999.

Pant, D.R., Armenia, the Next Economy: an Inter-disciplinary Future-view, LIUC/Crespi, 2002.

Harrison, L.E. & Huntington S.P. (eds.), Culture Matters:  How Values Shape Human Progress, Basic Books, New York, 2000

Reports of UNDP, UNEP, World Bank, IMF, OECD, Worldwatch Institute, World Resources Institute etc..

Miscellaneous hand-outs in the classroom and on the course web-site.