History of Economic Thought Course
Link classic economists from Smith to Sen with today’s policy debates. This History of Economic Thought Course equips professionals to analyse markets, crises, growth, and inequality for sharper, evidence-based economic strategies. It covers key thinkers, concepts of growth and distribution, crises, policy, institutions, behaviour, and power, applying historical frameworks to modern issues.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
This History of Economic Thought Course provides a concise overview of key ideas from major thinkers like Smith to Sen, covering growth, distribution, structural change, crises, macro policy, institutions, behaviour, and power. Learners apply these classic frameworks to contemporary debates for historically informed policy insights in a compact format.
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Develop skills
- Analyse markets versus state roles using classic and modern economic theories.
- Evaluate power, institutions, and behaviour in shaping real-world market outcomes.
- Interpret macro crises and policy debates with historical economic frameworks.
- Apply Smith-to-Sen insights to current issues like UBI, carbon pricing, and antitrust.
- Assess growth, distribution, and structural change with key historical models.
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