Portuguese and European Economics

Introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Theoretical-practical classes will be taught.

Objectives:
To know the Portuguese Economy evolution in the last decades, making the evaluation of the policies which
have proved to be strategic for the economic growth.
Skills:
To understand the role of the major structural reforms in the process of the liberalization of the economy. To
show the response capacity of the Portuguese economy in meeting the challenges of competitiveness
nowadays.

I – The Portuguese economy in the last decades

1. From the first republic to the military dictatorship (1910 – 1926)

2. From the stabilization to the pre-conditions of growth (1926 – 1950)

3. The “Golden Era” of the Portuguese economy (1950 – 1974).

4. The post revolution period – the conjuncture of 1974-1976

5. The European transition period (1976- 1985)

6. The 80’s and the 90’s – the European period

II -Some economic growth indicators and a brief analysis of the productive sectors

III -The globalization phenomenon and the formation of regional agreements

1. Opening the economy to foreign markets in the post war period

2. The participation in the European integration movements

3. Portuguese integration in the European economic institutions

IV -The several economic policies and the institutional framework

V – Challenges for the XXI century – Portugal within the European and world context

1.Portugal and the competitiveness challenge

2.World trends – the globalization era.

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