290110 SE Seminar in Economics (Macroeconomics): (2015S)
The Economics of Inequality and alternative Economic Systems
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Su 08.02.2015 08:00 to Su 22.02.2015 23:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2015 23:00
Details
max. 24 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 06.03. 12:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
- Wednesday 15.04. 09:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Friday 17.04. 09:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Wednesday 22.04. 09:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Friday 24.04. 09:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
- Thursday 07.05. 10:15 - 13:15 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
- Friday 08.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
- Monday 11.05. 09:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 4C Geographie NIG 4.OG C0409
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Topic of the seminar are distribution problems, paricularly the national and international inequalities of income and wealth. 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. If necessary . these books can be partly supllemented with Stiglitz, J., Der Preis der Ungleichheit (2012).
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
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 .
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(L2-e4, L2-e-zSE)
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