The United Kingdom Economy and Financial System

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The course provides: - a conceptual framework for assessing the policy, structure and performance of the UK economy since 1945. - an introduction to the role and operations of the financial institutions and markets of the City of London. - an examination of the international dimension of the UK economy, with particular reference to Britain's membership of the Bretton Woods System, European Union and to the `special relationship' between Britain and the USA. A common thread in this discourse will be the selective use of relevant economic theory to illumine events and policies of the period.