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The goal of this course is to help students to appreciate the major characteristics and structural issues of Japan’s contemporary economy, and to reflect upon the role of Japan’s economy in the 21st century. Since the bubble burst of the early 1990s...
This course explores the relationship between economics, politics and institutions in Chile. To achieve this goal, we will examine the different stages of Chilean political development and its respective economic model across the 20th century and the...
This course introduces students to the principles of international economics, exploring the key forces that shape global trade, economic growth, and financial markets. Businesses and policymakers must interpret macroeconomic signals to make informed...
This course analyzes the objectives, functioning and main characteristics of the European Union, focusing on Spanish integration.
In recent years, European welfare state systems have faced serious challenges: slowed economic growth, ageing societies, immigration, changing labor markets in the digital age, to name just a few. This crisis mode calls for an inspection and...
The course focuses on the behavior of the Italian economy within the context of European Union. Emphasis is on macroeconomic policies designed at EU level and their interplay with domestic policies. Special attention will be paid to the wider...
As Europe forges an increasingly closer union, regions have emerged as important actors, both economically and politically. The purpose of this course is to study, particularly from an economic perspective, the origins, significance and possible...
Combining knowledge from both political science and economics, International Political Economy (IPE) contributes to our understanding of the global economy. By integrating the local, the national, and the global scale, IPE makes it possible to grasp...
A comparative study of the problems of economic transition in the former Soviet bloc states of Central and Eastern Europe and the role Western Europe and the U.S. play in this process. The course deals with the origins and nature of the economic and...