Approaches to Economic Science (MW26.1)

Lecturer

• Prof. Dr. Freytag, Prof. Dr. Lorenz, PD Dr. Pasche, Prof. Dr. Wolters, various assistant teachers

Participants

• Compulsory course for M.Sc. Economics, elective for other master programs, ERASMUS students

Content

• See module description in Friedolin.
• Preliminary schedule
• Dedline for submitting the mini seminar paper: tba

Time and Place

• Lecture:

  • Mondays: 4.00 - 6.00 pm, HS 8
  • Tuesdays: 4.00 - 6.00 pm, HS 9

Downloads

• Lecture: schedule
  
  • Introductory part:
  • What is social science? (Markus Pasche)
  • The economic approach to the social sciences – scope and limitations (Freytag, Pasche)
  • Controversies in economic science (Freytag)
  • Paradigms in macroeconomics (Wolters)
    • Slides
  • A brief history of economic thought (Lorenz)