Class Introduction to Economy

The existence of the UC Introduction to Economics in the 1st Cycle of Social Work, will become an important piece, in that it can help students understand how Economics works, the economic models that influence societies. These elements are important when dealing with phenomena such as poverty, migration and other events of a social nature and leading to social exclusion, it is in the economy, or in the way it is conducted, that a good part of the responsibility lies in the existence of that same social exclusion, so dear to Social Work.

Introduction: What is Economics? Definitions. Economics in the context of the Social Sciences. Interdisciplinarity. Organicist Conception of Economics.Economics as a science of material well-being. Economics as the science of harnessing material conditions. Economics and methodological issues. The birth of Capitalism in Europe and the emergence of Liberalism and the advent of Political Economy. The Theorizations of Adam Smith; J. Keynes; Amartya Sen; J. Stiglitz. II.Fundamental Economic Concepts: Micro and Macroeconomics. Economic needs. The notion of economic goods. Economic value, use and exchange values. III. Economy, Politics and Society: Demand for a Sustainable Economy. Social State, Social and Solidarity Economy. The economic dimension of human rights. IV. The PRRs, the Green Tax. V. The War in Ukraine and Economic Changes. VI The ECB and Interest Rates, VII. The Challenges for the Twenty-First Century.

The evaluation presupposes the accomplishment of 2 tests of evaluation of obligatory knowledge and presence and participation in the classes: 1st Test - 45% 2nd Test - 45% Attendance and participation in the classes - 10%

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