Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
5528NCCG-JAN-PAR
5528NCCG-SEP-PAR
5528NCCG-SEP_NS-PAR
Aims
To equip non-specialist managers with theory around the Macro-economy.
To enable non-specialists to engage with debate around Macro-policy.
To provide a long term economic context for the UK in the 21st Century.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Assess what the Macro-economy is and how it is measured.
2.
Compare the debate amongst economists on the causes of and cures for the economic cycle.
3.
Evaluate the policy proscriptions presented by the different schools of economists.
4.
Apply relevant theory to the UK’s 20th Century experience.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The History of GDP and GDP +
Measures of Inflation Unemployment and Growth
The Causes of and cures for The Trade Cycle.
Keynesian vs Free-market approaches.
The recent performance of the UK, US and China.
Government Policy in the 20th Century