Market and Politics

Aim

On completion of the course, the student should be able to - account for the stabilisation policy institutions, the possibilities and problems with stabilisation policy and evaluate the suitability of different types of measures - account for the duties of the state the in the economic field, analyse the effects of financial policy actions and evaluate the suitability of various types of market actions - analyse the socioeconomic utilities and costs in the socioeconomic profitability calculations - account for the meaning of "public choice" and analyse the effects of such an approach on economic policy - identify, structure and present issues and suitable financial policy solutions within a field of economics

Content

How stabilisation policy in the form of fiscal, monetary and exchange policy should be designed under different conditions and how the stabilisation policy in Sweden functions today and has functioned previously. The role and duties of the state in a welfare state in the form of social security systems, public production and pricing of public employments, taxes and regulations. Public choice as an approach to how public influence is exercised. Basic principles of socioeconomic profitability calculations and how utility and costs are identified, quantified and evaluated. A closer study of market imperfections and the role of the state within certain sectors, for example the housing market or the financial markets.