Economics and Society

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Economics and Society at UCD; This course has three sections. Section One: Markets and Economic Society. These lectures look at how society is organized for the purposes of economics. They examine how planned and market economies work, and the strengths and weaknesses of both. They also cover interesting features of markets affecting everyday life. Section Two: Crisis and Climate. These lectures will cover two topics: (i) The current crisis in the Irish economy, and (ii) The economics of climate change. Section Three: Trade and economic welfare. These lectures will cover the basis for trade between countries and the economic gains and losses associated with trade and trade restrictions. They will also cover aspects of migration and globalization and the background to political attitudes to trade policy.