Economic and Social Policy 110551-D
Wykład (WYK) Semestr zimowy 2023/24

Key aims of state in economy. Social choice problem - individual preferences vs. social preferences. Economic policy as compared with social policy.

Role of market and government - a theoretical framework. Economic and social policy as a reaction to market failures.

Elements of normative theory of economic policy - targets, instruments, parameters and models. Economic policy rules.

Elements of positive theory of economic policy. Sources of government failure.

State and economic institutions. Systemic policy and process policy. Liberalism, etatism, market economy with social responsibility.

Institutional context of economic and social policy in Poland. Division of competences between the European Union institutions and national authorities. Policy coordination. National development programming.

Main forms of microeconomic interventions of economic policy (e.g. competition policy, externalities, public goods, asymmetry of information).

Monetary policy and fiscal policy as main forms of state macroeconomic intervention.

Business fluctuations as a subject of economic policy intervention . Aims and instruments of stabilization policy.

Income redistribution as a function of social policy - aims and methods.

Industrial policies - aims, forms, institutions and tools. Research and development policy and innovation policy.

Spatial aspects of economic policy. Aims, tools and strategies of regional policy.

Shaping growth-promoting social structures ? policies in areas of: education, health protection and social security.

Labor market policies - aims, forms, institutions and tools.

Economic and social policy in conditions of globalization. International economic and social policy.