Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza

The course aims at providing students with the basic notions and tools of economic theory, in order to understand the decisions of consumers and firms, their interaction in the market, the role of public intervention and the functioning of the economic system as a whole.

At the end of the course, students are supposed to know the basic concepts and tools of micro and macroeconomic theory and being able to apply them to understand economic phenomena, use appropriately the essential terminology and reasoning of economics

1—The capitalist revolution

2—Technology, population, and growth

3—Scarcity, work, and choice

4—Social interactions

5—Property and power: Mutual gains and conflict

6—The firm: Owners, managers, and employees

7—The firm and its customers

8—Supply and demand: Price-taking and competitive markets

9—The labour market: Wages, profits, and unemployment

10—Banks, money, and the credit market

11—Rent-seeking, price-setting, and market dynamics

12—Markets, efficiency, and public policy

13—Economic fluctuations and unemployment

14—Unemployment and fiscal policy

15—Inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy

16—Technological progress, employment, and living standards in the long run

The course consists of lectures and exercises. All teaching material such as slides, exercises, and their solutions, plus any additional material, will be uploaded on the Moodle site of the course at the end of each teaching week.

Please go to the Moodle page of the course by clicking at the bottom of the page and register as a participant

The evaluation will consist of a written test with multiple-choice questions and exercises. The exam would be the same for students who attended the class and students who did not.

Details about the final exam structure will be given during the course.

There will not be any particular support activities apart from the ones which can be accessed through the course Moodle page