Global Economy Debates (CF35040)

General information

Type:	OP	Curs:	1	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	3 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
	Fernando Ballabriga Clavería	Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad	ENG

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BBA basics

Providing an overall understanding of the global economy

The objective of the course is to use economic analysis to think about countries that operate in a globalized context, narrating and discussing global economic events and debates of the early 21st century, with main emphasis on the macro and economic growth dimensions.

1. World Economy of the Early 21st Century ¿ Brief Historical Account ¿ The Long Shadow of the Great Recession ¿ Agenda

2. Global Economy Debates ¿ Money & Finance and the Debate on Banking Regulation ¿ Public Debt, Welfare State and the Austerity Debate ¿ The Secular Stagnation Debate ¿ The Debate on Inequality ¿ Populism & the Future of Globalization ¿ The Debate on Climate Change

Lecturing will be combined with class presentations and discussions. Working in groups, participants will prepare selected topics and present them to the class. Then debate, basic guiding lecturing and wrap up will follow. Each topic will involve presentations based on a combination of selected core materials from academic, policy and specialized media sources. These materials will be complemented by participants with additional external sources coming from their own exploration of the topic.

Basic slides, readings and links will be provided for each of the selected topics

Group	Teacher	Department
	Fernando Ballabriga Clavería	Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad