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Course Overview

  • Bachelor #1: Contemporary Economic Issues (CEI) Session #1 (2024-2025)

Professors

  • French Track:

    • Group 1 & 2: Youenn LOHEAC (coordinator)

    • Group 3: François Le Grand (coordinator English track)

    • Group 4: Sinda JEBLI

  • English Track:

    • Group 1 & 2: Stéphane AURAY

    • Group Paris: Alessandra PIZZO

Contact Information

  • Youenn LOHEAC: youenn.loheac@rennes-sb.com

  • François Le Grand: francois.le-grand@rennes-sb.com

  • Sinda JEBLI: sinda.jebli@adjunct.rennes-sb.com

  • Stéphane AURAY: stephane.auray@rennes-sb.com

  • Alessandra PIZZO: alessandra.pizzo@adjunct.rennes-sb.com

Course Organization

  • Session Structure:

    • 8 sessions of 3 hours each

    • Each session includes:

      • Lecture by professor

      • Exercises (paper and/or Excel)

      • Student presentations (starting from lecture 3 or 4)

  • At Home:

    • Readings + exercises

  • MOODLE Platform:

    • Access course documents, slides, exercises, corrections, additional links

    • Link: Moodle

Assessment Criteria

  • Breakdown:

    • 60% final exam covering all lectures

    • 10% in-class multiple-choice quiz (mid-course)

    • 30% continuous control (presentation of press review)

  • Important Notes:

    • Professors available to guide and support learning

    • Encouragement to ask questions related to economics or finance, even if not directly linked to the course

Course Objectives

  • Provide an overview of modern macroeconomics in relation to news

  • Focus areas include:

    • Economic facts and main aggregates

    • Employment and growth

    • Fiscal and monetary policies

    • Themes of crises and globalization

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

  • Gain awareness of main economic questions

  • Understand key economic mechanisms

  • Develop critical thinking about economics and its strengths and limits

  • Recognize main schools of economic thought

  • Comprehend major macroeconomic events and policies

  • Cultivate critical understanding of economic news

Pedagogical Methods

  • Use of an online free economic textbook: Core-Econ

  • Session Structure:

    • Prepare reading before each session

    • Engage in Q&A regarding readings, followed by lectures, exercises, and group presentations of press reviews

Course Roadmap

  1. Introduction:

    • (u.1) The capitalist revolution

  2. Economic Fluctuations:

    • (u.13) Economic fluctuations and unemployment

  3. Labour Market Issues:

    • (u.9) Wages, profits, and unemployment

  4. Fiscal Policies:

    • (u.14) Unemployment and fiscal policy

  5. Monetary Policies:

    • (u.15) Inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy

Themes and Topics

  • Defining Economics:

    • Study of allocation of scarce resources with human behaviors in focus

    • Economics as a social science examining human decision-making

  • Capitalist Revolution Overview:

    • Increases in average living standards due to capitalism since 1700s

    • Impacts: New economic organization, technological advances, but also environmental threats and global inequalities

Historical Context

  • Past wealth disparities vs. current conditions

  • GDP Per Capita Definition:

    • Total value of everything produced annually divided by population; reflects average income

Income Inequality

  • Historical Perspective:

    • Contrast between rich and poor individuals within society vs. differences between countries

  • Measuring Inequality:

    • Skyscraper graph representation of GDP per capita across countries

    • Observations of within-country and between-country inequality

Measuring Standards of Living

  • GDP Per Capita as a Proxy:

    • Key challenges and considerations in GDP measurement

  • Disposable Income:

    • Definition and implications for measuring wellbeing

    • Comparison to GDP in reflecting true standard of living

Upcoming Content

  • Preparations for next session include readings and quizzes on topics such as technological revolutions, capitalism definitions, and economic theories

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ppt1

Course Overview

  • Bachelor #1: Contemporary Economic Issues (CEI) Session #1 (2024-2025)

Professors

  • French Track:

    • Group 1 & 2: Youenn LOHEAC (coordinator)

    • Group 3: François Le Grand (coordinator English track)

    • Group 4: Sinda JEBLI

  • English Track:

    • Group 1 & 2: Stéphane AURAY

    • Group Paris: Alessandra PIZZO

Contact Information

  • Youenn LOHEAC: youenn.loheac@rennes-sb.com

  • François Le Grand: francois.le-grand@rennes-sb.com

  • Sinda JEBLI: sinda.jebli@adjunct.rennes-sb.com

  • Stéphane AURAY: stephane.auray@rennes-sb.com

  • Alessandra PIZZO: alessandra.pizzo@adjunct.rennes-sb.com

Course Organization

  • Session Structure:

    • 8 sessions of 3 hours each

    • Each session includes:

      • Lecture by professor

      • Exercises (paper and/or Excel)

      • Student presentations (starting from lecture 3 or 4)

  • At Home:

    • Readings + exercises

  • MOODLE Platform:

    • Access course documents, slides, exercises, corrections, additional links

    • Link: Moodle

Assessment Criteria

  • Breakdown:

    • 60% final exam covering all lectures

    • 10% in-class multiple-choice quiz (mid-course)

    • 30% continuous control (presentation of press review)

  • Important Notes:

    • Professors available to guide and support learning

    • Encouragement to ask questions related to economics or finance, even if not directly linked to the course

Course Objectives

  • Provide an overview of modern macroeconomics in relation to news

  • Focus areas include:

    • Economic facts and main aggregates

    • Employment and growth

    • Fiscal and monetary policies

    • Themes of crises and globalization

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

  • Gain awareness of main economic questions

  • Understand key economic mechanisms

  • Develop critical thinking about economics and its strengths and limits

  • Recognize main schools of economic thought

  • Comprehend major macroeconomic events and policies

  • Cultivate critical understanding of economic news

Pedagogical Methods

  • Use of an online free economic textbook: Core-Econ

  • Session Structure:

    • Prepare reading before each session

    • Engage in Q&A regarding readings, followed by lectures, exercises, and group presentations of press reviews

Course Roadmap

  1. Introduction:

    • (u.1) The capitalist revolution

  2. Economic Fluctuations:

    • (u.13) Economic fluctuations and unemployment

  3. Labour Market Issues:

    • (u.9) Wages, profits, and unemployment

  4. Fiscal Policies:

    • (u.14) Unemployment and fiscal policy

  5. Monetary Policies:

    • (u.15) Inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy

Themes and Topics

  • Defining Economics:

    • Study of allocation of scarce resources with human behaviors in focus

    • Economics as a social science examining human decision-making

  • Capitalist Revolution Overview:

    • Increases in average living standards due to capitalism since 1700s

    • Impacts: New economic organization, technological advances, but also environmental threats and global inequalities

Historical Context

  • Past wealth disparities vs. current conditions

  • GDP Per Capita Definition:

    • Total value of everything produced annually divided by population; reflects average income

Income Inequality

  • Historical Perspective:

    • Contrast between rich and poor individuals within society vs. differences between countries

  • Measuring Inequality:

    • Skyscraper graph representation of GDP per capita across countries

    • Observations of within-country and between-country inequality

Measuring Standards of Living

  • GDP Per Capita as a Proxy:

    • Key challenges and considerations in GDP measurement

  • Disposable Income:

    • Definition and implications for measuring wellbeing

    • Comparison to GDP in reflecting true standard of living

Upcoming Content

  • Preparations for next session include readings and quizzes on topics such as technological revolutions, capitalism definitions, and economic theories

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