English conversation for economists

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	114-0588/02
Abbreviation	AKE
Course title	English conversation for economists
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Economics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA

Subject syllabus

1. Factors of economic growth and development
2. Cryptocurrencies - money or assets?
3. Migration economics
4. Behavioral economics and prosocial behavior (altruism)
5. Political Economy: How Voters' and Politicians' Decisions are Influenced by Their Rationality/Irrationality
6. The theory and measurement of sustainable development and alternative concepts
7. Economics of Happiness
8. Educational missmatch
9. Behavioural economics, its critique and implications for economic policy
10. Economic regulation and competition policy
11. Economics of poverty
12. Human capital and soft skills
13. International organizations and integration
14. Global climate change

E-learning

https://lms.vsb.cz/

Literature

REES, Gary and Paul SMITH. Strategic Human Resource Management: An International Perspective. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: SAGE. 2017. ISBN 978-1-47396-931-5.
VAN DEN BERG, Hendrik. Economic Growth and Development. London: World Scientific Publishing Co., 2017. 978-981-4733-33-5.
WALSH, Carl E. Monetary theory and policy. Fourth edition. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-262-03581-1.

Advised literature

BAYLIS, John, Steve SMITH a Patricia OWENS. The globalization of world politics: an introduction to
international relations. Eight edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 617 p.
McPAKE, Barbara and Charles NORMAND. Health Economics: An international perspective. Second edition. London: Routledge, 2008.
O'SULLIVAN, Arthur. Behavioral Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. 472 s. ISBN 978
0197515921.

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