290110 SE Seminar in Economics (Macroeconomics): (2015S)

Topic of the seminar are economic distribution problems. Particularly the national and international inequalities of income and wealth are discussed. The seminar papers are related to income and capital, the dynamics of the wealth-income-ratio, the structure of inequality, the regulation of the capital in the 21st century and alternative economic systems. As a goal of economic policy is a global, progressive property tax recommended. Among the economic systems are market and socialism, stock market socialism, Basic Income and social heritance as well as market economy with welfare state treated. The basic literature are two books, which are both published in 2014: Piketty, T., Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert, and Corneo, G., Bessere Welt. The students should write seminar papers and perform long as well as short presentations. This package of performance is basis for the grades .