Economic issues are central to the world in which we live. Economists hold very different views about the cause of these issues, how the economic system works and how it could work differently to improve outcomes for society. This unit explores the principal schools of economic thought - Classical, Marxian, Institutional, Neoclassical and Keynesian - and considers how different economic theories explain the nature of the economic system in which we live, shape views about policies implemented by governments, and advocate different policy solutions to persistent economic and social problems.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Political Economy |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Lynne Chester, lynne.chester@sydney.edu.au |
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Tutor(s) | Ethan Gannon, ethan.gannon@sydney.edu.au |
Ioulia Swain, ioulia.swain@sydney.edu.au | |
Chairul Adi, chairul.adi@sydney.edu.au | |
Cam Lawrence, cameron.lawrence@sydney.edu.au |