Introduction to Economic Theories

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Erasmus University Rotterdam

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Wondering why economists have not predicted serious financial crises? Shocked by economic assumptions of human behavior as self-centered and focusing only on what can be measured? Asking yourself if there are no sensible economic alternatives to free markets? Then you are at the right place to learn economics! This is the first online course that teaches economics from a pluralist perspective. Economic pluralism means that a plurality of theoretical and methodological viewpoints is regarded as valuable in itself and is simply the best way in which economics can make progress in understanding the world. This MOOC will illustrate economic pluralism not only in substance but also in form. You will see not only me, a Professor of Economics, but also a pop-up Prof of our business school, who illustrates the actor perspective of firms, government and civil society. And you will meet an online student, based in Greece, who will help you through the tutorial videos in which I will explain key concepts, tools and techniques. I will not limit myself to the dominant theory, as almost every other course does. Instead, I will introduce you to four very different economic theories for the whole set of standard topics in microeconomics and macroeconomics. The theories are presented every time from broad and more interdisciplinary to narrow and more mathematical. The four theories that I like to introduce you to are Social Economics, Institutional Economics, Post Keynesian economics and, at the very end of each topic, Neoclassical Economics, for the special case of ideally functioning markets. But not everything is different in this course. Like every economics course, it includes numbers, diagrams, tables, equations, and some calculations. Why would you go through the effort of learning the basics of four theories instead of one? Because it will help you to see why many economists cannot predict crises, whereas others can see signals but are often not being listened to because they do not belong to the dominant school of thought. It will also enable you to see that it is just one theory claiming economic agents to be self-centered and focusing on the measurable only. Other economic theories go well beyond these limitations. And, finally, the pluralist approach will provide you with policy alternatives to neoliberalist policies promoting free markets. The objective of this course is twofold. First, to enable you to understand different economic viewpoints, linked to important traditions in economic thought, and basic economic concepts belonging to these theoretical perspectives. Second, to enable you to do some basic economic calculations that are important in economic life, such as calculating an inflation rate, and in economic policies, such as estimating the rough gains from trade for both trading partners, and in economic arguments, such as in calculating utility maximization with given prices and budgets. I hope you will enjoy the course!

经济理论导论:想知道为什么经济学家没有预见到严重的金融危机?对人类行为以自我为中心并仅关注于可以衡量的行为的经济学假设感到震惊。问自己,自由市场是否有明智的经济选择?然后,您在正确的地方学习经济学! 这是第一本从多元化角度讲授经济学的在线课程。经济多元化意味着多种理论和方法论观点本身被认为是有价值的,并且仅仅是经济学在理解世界上取得进展的最佳方式。该MOOC不仅从本质上而且从形式上都说明了经济多元化。您不仅会看到我,一位经济学教授,而且还会看到我们商学院的一名弹出式教授,他从企业,政府和民间社会的角色角度阐述了这一观点。您将遇到一位来自希腊的在线学生,他将通过教程视频为您提供帮助,其中我将解释关键概念,工具和技术。 我不会像其他所有课程一样将自己局限于主导理论。相反,我将为您介绍四种关于微观经济学和宏观经济学的标准主题的截然不同的经济理论。从广义的跨学科到狭义的数学,每次都会提出这些理论。我想向您介绍的四个理论分别是社会经济学,制度经济学,后凯恩斯主义经济学,以及在每个主题的最后,新古典经济学,它们是功能完善的市场的特殊情况。但是,在此过程中,并非所有内容都不同。像每门经济学课程一样,它包括数字,图表,表格,方程式和一些计算。 您为什么要努力学习四种理论而不是一种理论的基础?因为它可以帮助您了解为什么许多经济学家无法预测危机,而其他经济学家却可以看到信号,但由于他们不属于主导思想流派,因此常常不被听取。它还将使您看到,这只是声称经济主体以自我为中心并且仅关注可衡量因素的一种理论。其他经济理论远远超出了这些限制。最后,多元主义的方法将为您提供替代新自由主义的政策以促进自由市场的政策选择。 本课程的目的是双重的。首先,使您能够理解与经济思想的重要传统相关的不同经济观点,以及属于这些理论观点的基本经济概念。其次,使您能够进行一些在经济生活中很重要的基本经济计算,例如计算通货膨胀率,以及在经济政策中,例如估算贸易双方的贸易可观收益,以及在经济论据中,例如在给定价格和预算的情况下计算效用最大化。 希望您会喜欢本课程!

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