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History of World Economy

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 114-0308/02
Abbreviation DSH
Course title History of World Economy
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jan Janků, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1st Introduction to the study. Determination of conditions for the course, analysis of the literature course.
2nd The emergence of civilization. Origin and evolution of man. Material basis of civilization.
3rd The basic developmental stages of economic systems. The concept of the economic system. Opinions on the economic system. Characteristics of different economic systems.
4th The economic systems of antiquity. Antique, Eastern economic system.
5th The economic systems of the Middle Ages. The feudal system of Western Europe. Feudal system east.
6th Manufactures the world economy. Manufacture as an economic
phenomenon. Socio-economic ties of manufacture´s system.
7th The beginnings of the Industrial Revolution and the birth of industrial civilization. Great Britain, France, USA, Russia, Japan.
8th Economic development in the onset of the second Industrial Revolution. Characteristic processes of economic development in Europe, America and Asia in 1830 - the 1880th.
9th Second Industrial Revolution and the socio-economic processes. Economic development 1880-1920, 1st World War I and World Economy.
10th Bipolarity of the world the U.S. - USSR. Trends 1920 - 1945. Analysis
U.S. economy and the USSR.
11th The position of Europe after the 2nd World War II. Postwar reconstruction. Four centers global economic developments 1950 - 1980.
12th The economic development of developing countries. Asian and African economies, 1950 - 1980.
13th The economic development of the world in the 90 years. The rise of the U.S., EU, Japan, China. The collapse of the Soviet bloc.
14th World economy on the threshold of the 21st century. World Trends
economy, globalization - the positives and risks.

Literature

1. CAMERON, Rondo; NEAL Larry. A Concise Economic History of the World: From Paleolithic Times to the Present. Oxford University Press, 2002. 480 p. ISBN 978-01955127058.

Doporučená literatura

1. BEATTIE, Alan. False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World. Riverhead Hardcover, 2009. 336 p. ISBN 1594488665 .