HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT

Acquire a critical approach to economic science through knowledge of the evolution of economic thought in order to grasp the complexity of the interrelationships between economic systems, forms of production and social-political organizations.

Profile of the economic and social problems has been caused by the processes of modernization, industrialization and globalization with particular attention to the following issues:

The construction of the classical theory, Adam Smith;

The developments of classical economics, Malthus, Sismondi, Ricardo;

The role of the state in advanced economies;

The marginalist revolution;

The economic theories of the 900; Keynes and subsequent developments.

P. Travagliante, La nuova scienza sociale, CUECM, Catania, 2000 (2 CFU).

- Li Donni, Il pensiero, le dottrine e l’insegnamento economico in Sicilia nel ventennio fascista, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2016 (2 CFU).

Un testo a scelta tra i seguenti:

• F. Girotti, Welfare State, Carocci, Roma, 1998 (2 CFU);
• P. Travagliante, Dalla finanza sociale alla finanza fiscale, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2013 (2 CFU);

P. Barucci (a cura di), Le frontiere dell’economia politica, Polistampa, Firenze, 2003 (2 CFU).