Maik Huettinger
Thursday 27 February
08h30-10h30
Introduction
Maik Huettinger
Thursday 27 February
10h30-12h30
Adam Smith
Maik Huettinger
Thursday 6 March
08h30-10h30
Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo
Maik Huettinger
Thursday 6 March
10h30-12h30
Jean-Baptiste Say and John Stuart Mill
David Rees
Thursday 13 March
08h30-10h30
Distance
Karl Marx part 1
Charlie Chaplin. Modern Times. Factory scene
Fritz Lang. Metropolis. Ouverture
Film Questions
The Life of Karl Marx (BBC). 59m
How capitalism is killing itself. 35m. The Empire Files (Dr Richard Wolff)
Presentation by Paul Boccara: To what extent is labour still exploited in France?
Presentation by Fiyona Rose Paul: How did the Enclosures Acts provide factory workers?Epistemology (David Rees)
Theory, concept and history (David Rees)
Marx and Globalisation (David Rees)
David Rees
Thursday 13 March
10h30-12h30
Distance
Karl Marx part 2
Marx - introduction. 5m. The curious classroom
25 October 1917. The Russian Revolution (Epic History) (14m)
Globalisation and wealth distribution (David Rees)
Crises of capitalism (David Harvey) (11m)
Marx - introduction. 5m. The curious classroom
Manufacturing Consent (Noam Chomsky) (2h46m)
Everything is a Rich Man's Trick (Top Documentary Films. 3h28m)
Presentation by Margot Ondet. What would Marx have to say about the policies of Mao Zedong and Stalin?
Presentation by Anet David: Is labour still alienated in France?
Marx Summary
Maik Huettinger
Thursday 20 March
08h30-10h30
William Jevons, Carl Menger and Leon Walrus
David Rees
Thursday 20 March
10h30-12h30
Alfred Marshall, Knut Wicksell and Irving Fischer
Elasticity. pdf. DR
The Cambridge Economists pdf. DR
Presentation: What is the relationship between the Marginal Propensities to Cnsue and Save and the Multiplier Effect?
Maik Huettinger
Thursday 27 March
08h30-10h30
Thornstein Veblen, Wesley Mitchell and John Commons
Maik Huettinger
Thursday 27 March
10h30-12h30
Carl Menger, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Hayek and Joseph Schumpeter
David Rees
Thursday 03 April
08h30-10h30
John Maynard Keynes part 1
Rees. A Keynesian New World Order for the 21st Century
Keynesian New World Order. References
Available in 'Economic Theory and Globalization'
Diesel cars in France. Electric cars in France. Solar panels. Public transport.
Presentation: What sort of Keynesian New Deal could be applied by the EU?
Presentation: Given the success of the 'Trente Glorieuses', why aren't we using it today?
Keynes and The New Deal (10m)
Keynesian Economics (5m)
Keynes on the Bancor and ICU pdf DR
David Rees
Thursday 03 April
10h30-12h30
John Maynard Keynes part 2
Presentation: What were Keynes's economic and political criticisms of the Versailles Treaty?
Presentation. At the Bretton Woods Conference, why did the conference agree on using Harold Dexter White's proposals instead of those of John Maynard Keynes?
Treaty of
Versailles (video 3m)
Economic
Consequences of the Peace (book)
Bretton Woods (90s)
Maik Huettinger
Friday 04 April
08h30-10h30
Joan Robinson, Paul Sweezy, Karl Myrdal, John Galbraith and Ronald Coase
David Rees
Friday 04 April
10h30-12h30
Milton Friedman and Joseph Stiglitz
Key lessons from 'The Chicago Boys' Chile experiment. Stigler Centre. (54m)
Le Duel de Critiques. Milton Friedman vs Pierre Larrouturou et Dominique Méda. BFM Business (in French) (13m)
Naomi Klein critique of Friedman. C-Span. (5m)
Is Progressive Capitalism an Oxymoron? Interview with Joseph Stiglitz. TVO Today. (20m)
Reading
Naomi Klein. The Shock Doctrine.
Robert Reich. Beyond Outrage.
Joseph Stiglitz. Making Globalisatin Work.
Joseph Stiglitz. The Price of Inequality.
Joseph Stiglitz. People Power and Profits
Presentation: Have the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund failed achieving their initial objectives?
Presentation. What is Friedman's legacy in Latin America?
History of Economic Theory. David Rees
Stiglitz leaves World Bank. N. Y. Times
Joseph Stiglitz: Man who ran World Bank calls for bankers to face the music. Independent.
Joseph Stiglitz Books. Amazon
Course evaluation
David Rees
Friday 11 April
13h30-15h30
Personal political ideology. Right, Left or Lost?
Opinions - discussion
Economic Theory - concluding remarks.
Some personal ideas
Left or Right?
Socialist or Capitalist?
Personal Political Position
Opinions
Exam 25m (on Moodle - last lesson) at 15h