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ECO 158
History of Economics Thought
Subject Lecturer/Tutor:
Ms Sridevi R.K.Narayanan
Telephone: 03-2716 2000
Fax:
03-2093 5311
Email:
sridevi.n@help.edu.my
Consultation:
PRE-REQUISITE(S)
ECO155
ECO157
Microeconomics I
Macroeconomics I
SYNOPSIS
This course is concerned with studying the evolution of economic ideas in a historical
context. The focus is also on how past analytical contributions have shaped
contemporary economic theories and applications. The course covers a broad range of
topics, which includes pre-mercantilism &mercantilism thoughts; classical &
neoclassical thoughts; socialist, historical, welfare& institutionalism thoughts;
Keynesian & neo-Keynesian thoughts; monetarist thoughts; and business cycles, as
well as, past present theories of economic growth & development.
OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of this subject are to expose students to a selected range of
economic ideas and theories, and their fundamental assumptions and evolution into
dominant explanations for effective understanding of current economics and economic
activities.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of the subject, students will be able to
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REQUIRED READING
Brue, S. L., & Grant, R. G. (2013), TheEvolution of Economic Thought (Eighth
Edition), USA, South-Western, Cengage Learning.
ADDITIONAL READINGS
Canterbery, E. R. (2011),A Brief History of Economics, (Second Edition), Singapore,
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte.Ltd.
Butcherholtz, T.G.(2007), New Idea from Dead Economists, (Second Edition),London,
A Plume Book.
: Business Studies
: Sridevi RK Narayanan
Week /
Lecture
Week 1
Lecture 1
Topics
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(ii)
Week 2
Lecture 2
Week 3
Lecture 3
Week 4
Lecture 4
Week 5
Lecture 5
Week 6
Lecture 6
Week 7
Week 8
Lecture 7
Week 9
Lecture 8
Week 10
Lecture 9
Week 11
Lecture 10
Week 12
Lecture 11
Week 13
Lecture 12
Revision
Note: * Students ought to read the relevant chapters of the other texts indicated
under additional readings.
ASSESSMENT:
There are 2 assessment items for this subject.
Assessment Items
Value
Due Date
1. Assignment
50%
TBC
50%
REQUIREMENTS:
To gain a pass in this subject, students must
Attempt ALL areas of assessment; and achieve a total result of 50% or better
overall.
** - Please check on the notice board and My Acel for the actual date. HELP
University reserves the right to make any changes to the above where appropriate.
Turnitin Details
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IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. See Appendix A (pages 11-14) for a fuller understanding of the
Departments Academic Integrity policy.
2. See Appendix B (pages 15-17) for additional information on the required
essay (coursework).
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APPENDIX A
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Honesty and Responsibility
Academic integrity is an important tenet for HELP University. In pursuit of the highest
standards of academic integrity, the Department of Business Studies holds it students to
the highest ethical standards defined by the Rules and Regulations section of the
Academic Handbook. All students at the Department of Business Studies are subjected
to and are bound by the Student Academic Misconduct Rule to assure academic
honesty. Students are required to sign a pledge on the assignment cover sheet before
submitting your assignments to the Administration Office of the Faculty of Business,
Economics & Accounting.
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is academic dishonesty or academic theft, and it is a serious academic
offence. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the followings:
1. quote, paraphrase or summarize someone elses ideas, theories or data, in whole
or in part, without appropriate acknowledgement
2. borrow ideas, opinion or words, in whole or in part, from other sources without
properly crediting the author(s)
3. use any facts, statistics, diagrams or graphs, in whole or in part, without
acknowledging the source clearly
4. claim or imply original authorship of someone elses ideas, theories or data, in
whole or in part, as your own
5. employ or allow someone to help to revise, amend or write your work and pass
off as your own original work
6. collaborate with or allow other students to copy your work
7. draw on sources more than what you have acknowledged by citations
While a student is not discouraged to discuss an assignment with his/her friends or
classmates, the work he/she submits must be done by the student alone. If a student
shares his/her assignment with other students and they plagiarize it, the student is as
guilty as those students who plagiarized his/her assignment. All parties to plagiarism
are considered equally guilty. Under no circumstances should a student be involved in
collusion with other students unless he/she is permitted to work on an assignment
jointly by the lecturer/tutor. If a student is unsure what constitutes plagiarism, he/she is
obliged to consult the lecturer/tutor on the matter before submission of his/her
assignment.
When and How to Reference?
Knowing when and how to cite is a students responsibility. If he/she is in doubt or
need more help on this matter, the student may consult the lecturer/tutor. The following
list comprises some of the sources a student will need to reference. The list is by no
means exhaustive, but simply consists of the most common sources used by students to
complete their work.
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Books
Chapters in books
Journal articles
Conference papers
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Study guide
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Appendix B
HELP University
(Department of Business Studies)
Bachelor of Economics (Hons) Core Subject
Year 1
History of Economic Thought
Subject Code: ECO 158
Lecturer/Tutor: Ms Sridevi Narayanan
Content page
In this page the parts of the write-up together with the page numbers should be
listed.
o Conclusion
The conclusion should contain a brief overview of the examination and
discussion in the context of the objectives of the essay. It should draw together
the relevant parts of the essay to produce a coherent position.
o References/Bibliography
They should record the publications (books & journal articles) read and used
for the report. The record should be presented alphabetically by authors name,
using the Harvard system.
o Appendices
This section contains the additional information that is felt necessary but could
not be included in the essay because of the word count constraint.
4. When supporting facts, figures and/or strong statements in the text, Harvard
referencing system must be properly used.
5. The essay should be word-processed using font size of 12 on A4 white papers.
Also, the typing should be one and a half spaced with 25mm margins.
6. On the last page of the report, the computer generated word count should be
included.
7. The write-up should be paginated and bound as required by the Department of
Business.
8. The required assignment feedback form for this assignment, which is obtainable
from the Business Departments office, should be included in front of the writeup. The front cover page of your assignment must contain your ID number, subject
name & code, and lecturers/tutors name. Also, the declaration that the report is
your own work duly completed, signed and dated.
9. To ensure that your essay is not classified as plagiarised work, it is the requirement
of HU that you should include the turnitin report, when submitting the report
for assessment. For the ECO 158 Assignment (Coursework), you are required
to attach the full turnitin report. Visit the website www.turnitin.com and use the
following Class ID and Password to generate the required report for this subject:
Class Name: History of Economic Thought
Class ID:
Password: eco123
10. The write-up should be handed to the departments office on the above specified
date and time. Failure on your part to submit the assignment in time as required,
would result in the imposition of a penalty of 10% of the assigned mark for each
working day the assignment is delayed (See the relevant clauses of the
HELPs/Departments Programme Handbook(s), which is available on the
HELPs/Departments website). Also note that if your assignment is submitted
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without the turnitin report, it may not be marked and a zero shall be entered in
the mark sheet.
11. If you are unable to submit the assignment on time because of extenuating
circumstances, then request for the extension of the submission date, in accordance
with the HUs/Departments rules and regulations.
Marking Scheme
This assignment shall be marked over 100% and reduced to its proportion of 50% of
the final subject assessment. The awarding of the marks for the essay shall be as
follows:
1) First Requirement of Essay
15 %
Examination of the chosen schools main thoughts
2) Second Requirement of Essay
25 %
Comparison and contrasting of the thoughts of the Two schools.
3) Third Requirement of Essay
30 %
Discussion of the relevance of their contributions to
contemporary economics and economists
4) Structure & Presentation of Essay
30 %
(Proper structure, English usage, flow of arguments, in-text
citations, word limit, range of readings& bibliography
presentation)
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Total 100 %
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ECO158
Subject Name
This examination carries 50% of the total assessment for this subject.
Examiner(s)
Moderator(s)
MS SRIDEVI RKN
Day
:
Time :
Date :
Time allowed :
2 HOURS
INSTRUCTION(S):
1. This examination consists of FIVE (5) questions:
Answer ANY TWO (2) questions in the answer book provided.
2. This is a CLOSED BOOK examination.
3. Students are NOT permitted to retain this examination paper.
4. Students MUST pass this examination to pass the subject.
(This examination paper consists of 5 questions in XX printed pages, including cover page)
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Question 1
a) Explain the main tenets of the Keynesian School of thought.
(30 marks)
b) Discuss any two (2) of Keynesian inter-related macroeconomic ideas with relevant
diagrams to support your explanation.
(20 marks)
Question 2
a) Carefully explain the main tenets of the socialist views and how these views
differed from the capitalist.
(30 marks)
b) What are the different forms of socialism and discuss how each of these forms
attempted to address the problem of growing poverty among the workers and
masses.
(20 marks)
Question 3
a) What are the main ideas put forward by the mercantilists?
(30 marks)
b) How is the mercantilists idea relevant in todays economy and discuss the
relevance in the context of any 2 countries that you know.
(20 marks)
Question 4
a) Critically evaluate the major principles of institutional school of economic thought.
(30 marks)
b) Discuss how the institutional school of thought have influenced and impacted
modern economists.
(20 marks)
Question 5
Write short notes to explain the following:
a) Suppose the natural rate of saving just equals the bank rate of interest. Will inflation
or deflation occur, according to Wicksell?
(10 marks)
b) Suppose society becomes more impatient; its members desire to consume more
goods today than wait to consume it in the future. What will be the impact on
equilibrium interest rate, according to Fisher?
(10 marks)
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