KESHOS World Economy

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Petra Černíková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Ing. Petra Dvořáková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Jana Chmelová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lydie Pravdová
Timetable
Sun 23. 11. 8:30–11:50 P106
Prerequisites (in Czech)
kemakr Macroeconomics || c_kemakr Macroeconomics || kemakr_t Macroeconomics || c_kemakr_t Macroeconomics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
World Economy (DSHO) This course aims to survey the development of world economy from the beginning of the last century to the present. The course is divided into two main blocks. The first one explores the development of world economy as a whole approximately from 1800 to the early 1990's. The second half of the course provides students with a detailed picture of the economic development after World War II both in the three major economic centres - the USA, Europe and Japan - and in developing countries, in Russia and in centrally planned economies. Relatively independent chapters then cover the development of the international monetary system, relevant international economic organisations as well as the economic development of Czechoslovakia (or the Czech Republic) from its establishment to the present. Students are supposed to have active knowledge of macroeconomics. Exam requirements: compulsory reading. Examination: written.
Syllabus
  • The course is divided into two main blocks. The first block deals with the development of the world economy (as a whole) since the beginning of the 19th Century till today. This block is supplemented with one lecture referring to the evolution of the monetary system. The students are acquainted with the development in the main economic centers in the second part of the course. Concretely, there are lectures about the economic development in the USA, Europe, Japan, Russia, developing countries and Czechoslovakia. The main goal of the course is to provide students with a complex overview of the historical development and contemporary situation in the world economy. The knowledge gained in the course should help the students to get a better understanding of the present world on the basis of the political, economical and historical relations. Additionally, the course should help the students to use theoretical knowledge from other courses in the area of the factual historical economic environment.
Literature
  • ŽÍDEK, Libor. Světové hospodářství (World Economy). 1st ed. Brno: ESF-MU, 2004. distanční opora. ISBN 80-210-3470-6. info
  • ŽÍDEK, Libor. Dějiny světového hospodářství (History of World Economy). 1st ed. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2007, 392 pp. ekonomické monografie. ISBN 978-80-7380-035-2. info
  • FALTUS, Jozef and Václav PRŮCHA. Všeobecné hospodářské dějiny 19. a 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 1996, 194 s. ISBN 8070799315. info
Assessment methods
The course has a form of self-study that is supplemented with one tutorial. The students have to fulfill two tasks to be admitted to the exam. They have to fill out self-correcting exercises in the IS during every week in the semester and answer correctly more than 40 percent of each exercise. The second pre-condition is to write a short seminar work (POT) on a topic connected to the world economy that has to comply with some basic requirements. The final written test is to be taken during the exam period. If the student is caught during the examination performing any form of forbidden activity (for example: cribbing, allowing cribbing, using non-permitted materials and devices, exchanging tests, creating copies of tests, or substituting for other student), the teacher will stop the exam and according to the seriousness of the offence the student will be graded F, or FF or even FFF.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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