The course aims to deepen macroeconomic issues that characterize the performance of the national and international system.
Objective of the course is to provide information to assess the state's role in influencing the economy in the short, medium and long term. Particular emphasis will be given to fiscal and monetary policies, deepening their objectives, means and limits.

Dublin Descriptors
1. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The course aims to provide the basic theoretical knowledge to allow the student to autonomously understand the action exerted by the economic policy.
This knowledge will be acquired primarily through lectures, reading targeted texts and participation in thematic seminars.


2. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The student will be able to apply the theoretical and methodological knowledge in the interpretation of themes and issues where the balance of economic systems is at stake. These specific skills are developed mainly through the study of case studies and debate in the classroom.

3. MAKING JUDGMENTS
Judgement will result from the technical mastery of the tools, and the understanding of the reasons that make different approaches bearers of different solutions in different contexts. This is built up through lessons that encourage reasoned discussion with students and group work that stimulate the comparison.

4. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
The student should acquire the ability to expose and present the issues and themes of the course with language mastery and appropriate analytical skills. The exercises focused on critical reading and interpretation of newspaper articles will aim to implement this ability.