- •Content
- •Introduction
- •Sillabus
- •1. Data for teachers
- •2. Data on discipline
- •5. Brief description of the discipline
- •6. Content of the discipline 6.1. List of lectures
- •7. Schedule of the tasks and surrender of discipline «Economic theory" for students independent work
- •8. References The laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Letters (Message) of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Regulations rk
- •Basic literature:
- •Additional literature:
- •9. Course policy
- •10. Information on the assessment of knowledge
- •Scheme of assessment of knowledge on the discipline
- •Tentative map Assessment of the students exam
- •2. Glossary
- •3. A short course of lectures
- •1.1 Economic needs, economic benefits and economic resources.
- •1.2 The subject of economic theory
- •1.3 Methods and functions of economic theory
- •Theme 2. Fundamentals of social production
- •2.1 The bases of social production
- •2.2 Structure of social production
- •2.3 Economic Systems. Types of economic systems
- •1. The traditional economic system
- •2. Command and administration economy system
- •3. Market economic system
- •4. Mixed system
- •3.1 Economic and legal content property
- •The system of property relations
- •Fig. 1. The structure of ownership
- •4.1 The forms of social economy. Commodity economy
- •4.2 The nature and function of the market
- •Invariant category that has general economic features inherent to any commodity production.
- •4.3 Origin, nature and function of money
- •4.4 The essence of entrepreneurship and its feature
- •5.1 Demand. Factors determining the demand. The law of supply
- •5.2 Supply. Factors determining the sentence. The law of Supply
- •5.3 Interaction of supply and demand market equilibrium
- •5.3 Elasticity and its types
- •Elastic demand
- •5.4 The theory of consumer behavior
- •6.1 The essence of competition. The theory of perfect and imperfect competition
- •1. On the market at the same time there are many firms, each of which occupies a small share of the market
- •2. Homogeneity of products
- •3. Freedom of entry and exit from the industry
- •4. There fairness information
- •6.2 Theory of monopoly
- •Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly
- •6.3 Antitrust and competition policy
- •7.1 The reproduction process of capital
- •7.2 Basic and working capital
- •Scheme 1. Factors of self-financing
- •Incease in profits
- •7.3 Investment as a source of financing of productive assets
- •Theme 8. Costs and revenues of the enterprise (company)
- •8.1 Nature and types of costs
- •8.2 Revenue and its types
- •8.3 Profit and its role in the development of the company
- •9.1 Peculiarities the demand for resources
- •9.2 Labor market and wage
- •9.3 Capital markets and interest rates
- •Fig. 16. Demand for capital Fig. 17. Supply of capital
- •9.4 The land market. Land rent
- •10.1 The national economy as a system
- •10.2 System of National Accounts
- •10.3 The macroeconomic indicators and methods of calculation
- •Methods of measuring gnp
- •The calculation of gnp expenditure
- •Calculating gnp by revenue
- •The calculation of gnp "value added"
- •Theme 11. Macroeconomic equilibrium
- •11.1 Macroeconomic equilibrium and its characteristics
- •11.2 Model employment resources
- •12.1 Cyclical nature of the market economy
- •12.2 The Economic cycle and its variants
- •12.3 The concept of economic growth the measurement
- •Types and factors of economic growth
- •Theme 13. Unemployment and inflation are both manifestations of economic instability
- •13.1 Essence and basic forms of unemployment
- •13.2 The effect of unemployment rate on the value of gnp. Okun's Law
- •13.3 Inflation and its causes
- •14.1 Concept and types of monetary systems
- •14.2 The demand for money and money supply
- •14.3 The structure of the financial system
- •14.4 State budget and public debt
- •14.5 Principles and forms of taxation
- •14.6 International relations: the nature, form
- •4. Assignments for practical classes and self-study Theme 1. Subject and method of economics (1 hour)
- •Independent work of the student
- •Theme 2. Fundamentals of social production (1 hour)
- •1. As played wealth?
- •2. The goods are different from the natural product?
- •3. Economic Geography
- •4. Find the right answer
- •5. Graphic problem.
- •6. The concept of "services" and "intangible benefits"
- •Independent work of the student
- •Theme 3. Property relations and their role in the economy (1 hour)
- •1. Questions about the nature of the property
- •7. What is true and false?
- •Independent work of the student
- •Theme 4. Foundations of a market economy and business activities (1 hour)
- •1. Gogol about the farm landowners Plyushkin
- •6. Adventures scientist w. Cameron
- •7. Find the right answer
- •8. Function of money
- •9. The design task
- •Independent work of the student
- •Theme 5. Fundamentals of the theory of supply and demand (2 hours)
- •Independent work of the student
- •Independent work of the student
- •Theme 6. Competition and Monopoly (1 hour)
- •Independent work of the student
- •Theme 7. Circuit and the circulation of capital (funds) of enterprise (1 hour)
- •Independent work of the student
- •Theme 8. Expenses and income of the company (the company) (1 hour)
- •8. All the profit goes to a businessman?
- •Independent work of the student
- •Theme 9. Factor markets and formation of factor income (1 hour)
- •Theme 10. The national economy as a system (1 hour)
- •2. The table presents the nominal and real gdp over the period 1999 to 2003
- •3. By the terms of the left hand column find the definition in the right column.
- •4. True-false:
- •5. Does Kazakhstan's gdp this article? If not, why not? If so, then the calculation of expenditure and revenue and in what specific section?
- •Independent work of the student
- •Theme 11. Macroeconomic equilibrium (1 hour)
- •Independent work of the student
- •1. Right - wrong:
- •2. Activation of the human factor
- •4. Types of intensification of production.
- •Theme 13. Unemployment and inflation as a manifestation of economic instability (1 hour)
- •2. Economic challenge.
- •Independent work of the student
- •Theme 14. The main directions of economic policy (1 hour)
- •Independent work of the student
- •5. Questions for the interim control for the subject "Economic Theory"
- •5. 1 Questions for the 1-st interim control
- •5.2 Questions for the 2nd interim control
- •6. Tests to consolidate students' knowledge
- •References
6. Content of the discipline 6.1. List of lectures
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The volume per hour |
References |
The current control, the rate of score |
Theme 1. Subject and method of economic theory 1.Economic needs, economic benefits and economic resources. The problem of economic choice 2. The subject of economic theory. 3. Methods and functions of economic theory Theme 2. Fundamentals of social production 1. The bases of social production 2. Structure of social production 3 Types of economic systems
Theme 3. Property relations and their role in the economy 1.Economic and legal content and Property 2.The main forms of social economy 3. Deregulation and privatization in Kazakhstan Theme 4. Foundations of a market economy and entrepreneurship 1. The forms of social economy. Commodity economy 2. The nature and function of the market 3.The essence of entrepreneurship and its feature
Theme 5. Fundamentals of the theory of supply and demand 1. Demand. Factors determining the demand. 2. Supply. The law of supply 3. The interaction of supply and demand. Market equilibrium 4. Elasticity and its types 5.The theory of consumer behavior
Theme 6. Competition and Monopoly 1.The essence of competition. The theory of perfect and imperfect competition. 2. The theory of monopoly. 3. Antitrust and competition policy Theme 7. Circuit and the turnover of capital (funds) of the enterprise 1.The reproduction process of the capital 2.Basic and working capital. 3. Investments as a source of financing of productive assets. Theme 8. Costs and revenues of the enterprise (company) 1. Nature and types of costs. 2. Revenue and its types 3. Profit and its role in the development of the company Theme 9. Factor markets and the formation of factor revenue 1. Peculiarities of demand for resources. 2. Labor market and wage 3. Capital markets and interest rates. 4. The land market. Land rent. Theme 10. The national economy as a system 1.National economy as a system 2. System of national accounts 3. Methods of measuring GNP Theme 11. Macroeconomic equilibrium 1.Macroeconomic equilibrium and its characteristics. 2. Models of employment resources Theme 12. Cyclical economic development and economic growth 1. Cyclical development of a market economy. 2. The economic cycle and its variants 3. The concept of economic growth and its measurement Theme 13. Unemployment and inflation are both manifestations of economic instability 1. Essence and basic forms of unemployment 2. The effect of unemployment rate on the value of GNP. Okun's Law 3.Inflation and its causes Theme 14. The main directions of economic policy 1. Concept and types of monetary system’s 2. The demand for money and the money supply 3. The essence of financial system 4. State budget and public debt. 5. The principles and forms of taxation 6.International relationships: the nature, forms |
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6.2 LIST OF LABORATORY AND PRACTICAL STUDIES
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The current control, the score |
Theme 1. Subject and method of economic theory, 1.The subject of economics. 2. Concept "methodology" and methods of research in economic theory. 3. Basic direction of economic science Theme 2. 1. Methods of production and two of its sides 2. Production and reproduction 3. Types of economic systems and the solution of fundamental problems of the economy. Theme 3. Property relations and their role in the economy. 1. Objects and subjects of property. 2. Transformation of property relations in RK 3.Privatization: methods, problems. Theme 4. Fundamentals of the market economy and entrepreneurship 1.Essence of business, its characteristic features. 2. The forms and types of entrepreneurial activity. 3. Economic and legal conditions for the development of entrepreneurship in RK Theme 5. Fundamentals of supply and demand 1.Market mechanism of the relationship and interaction between elements of the market: supply, demand and prices. 2. Demand as an integral part of the market. The law of demand. 3. Proposal as an element of the market. The law of proposal. 4. Elasticity of supply and demand. 5. Market balance and its types. Theme 6. Competition and Monopoly 1. Competition as the motive power of the market 2.Types of market structures 3.Monopoly competition and oligopoly. Theme 7. Circuit and the turnover of capital (funds) of the enterprise 1. Fixed and circulating capital. 2. The process of reproduction of capital 3. Types of investment. Theme 8. Costs of revenues of the enterprise (company) 1.Costs. Types of costs. 2. Izocosts and izoquant. Optimum of manufacturer. 3. Effect scale of the production. 4. Income of the manufacturer. Theme 9. Factor markets and the formation of factor incomes 1.Profit as the main result of the company. 2. Market and payment. Equilibrium in the labor market. 3. Land market. Land rent. 4. Market of loan capital. Discounting and investment decisions. Theme 10. The national economy as a system. 1. General characteristics of the SNA. 2. GNP and methods of measurement. 3. Interaction of GNP and indicators of net national product, national income and personal disposable income. Theme11. Macroeconomic equilibrium 1. Joint demand, price and non price factors affecting the dynamics of aggregate demand. 2. Joint offer price and non price factors affecting the dynamics of aggregate supply. 3. General model of macroeconomic balance. Theme 12. Cyclical economic development and economic growth 1.Economiccycle: causes and characteristics of its main phases. 2. Basic indicators of economic conjuncture and their dynamics. Theme 13. Unemployment and inflation as a sign of economic instability 1. Differences between cyclical, frictional unemployment and structural forms. 2. The role of the Oaken law in the economic analysis. 3. Social and economic consequences of inflation. Theme14. The main directions of economic policy 1.Monetary weight and structure. Monetary aggregates. 2. Finance and its types. 3. The budget system and its characteristics. 4. State tax policy. 5. Public debt and its servicing. 6. The main directions of foreign economic activities of the state. |
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The list of topics to be covered by the students independently:
1. The positive and normative economic theory. 2. Classification of types of economic systems: traditional, market, command, mixed economy. 3. The origin and main stages of development of economic theory. 4. Periodisation of social development: pre-industrial, industrial and postindustrial stages. 5. The emergence of money. 6. Current money, its nature and basic shapes. 7. National Kazakh currency - Tenge. 8. Denationalization and privatization: the steps, forms, methods and problems. 9. The development of business in Kazakhstan. 10. Problems of small and medium-sized businesses in the RK. 11. Government support of entrepreneurship. 12. Government regulation of the market (the introduction of taxes and subsidies). 13. Price and non price determinants of supply and demand. 14. Effect of income and substitution effect and their influence on the value of consumer demand. 15. Cardinal and ordinal interpretations of utility maximization of consumer 16.Items of producer’s income. 17. Antimonopoly regulation of natural monopolies and the protection of competition. 18. Monopoly profits: the nature, sources, and borders. 19. Land market, land rent, the price of land. 20. Process of discount 21.Macroeconomic circuit model of income and expenses 22. Violence of equilibrium in models «AD-AS». 23. Influence of changes in aggregate demand and aggregate supply on the dynamics of real GNP and price level. 24. Factors of changing LED. 25. Inflation and the deflation gap. 26. Essence, types and methods of measuring inflation. 27. Differences between inflation and demand inflation in production costs between the predicted and unexpected inflation. 28. Concept of economic growth and its measurement. 29. Discretionary and non-discretionary fiscal policy. 30. Stimulating and contractionary fiscal policy in a situation of inflationary and deflationary gaps.