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English conversation for economists

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 114-0588/03
Abbreviation AKE
Course title English conversation for economists
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator Ing. Monika Šulganová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1.1. Factors of economic growth and development
2. Cryptocurrencies - money or assets?
3. Behavioral economics and prosocial behavior (altruism)
4. The theory and measurement of sustainable development and alternative concepts
5. Behavioural economics, its critique and implications for economic policy
6. Human capital and soft skills
7. Global climate change
8. Current topics of economic policy

E-learning

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. ISBN 978-0-19-8825 
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.