In recent years Economics has come to dominate political decision making to the exclusion of other priorities. Prime Ministers from Wilson to Cameron have studied Economics at University - but to what effect? The great Cambridge economist J M Keynes observed that "practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist." What does Economics get right, and what does it get wrong? This course offers a personal critique of a subject which so dominates our public affairs. Course members will learn some basic economic ideas, concepts and theoretical models and learn how to evaluate these in a critical light. The course will be delivered in seminar format, involving some formal teaching and some class discussion. Previous knowledge of Economics or Mathematics is neither necessary - nor desirable! But an interest in current issues certainly is required.
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