Political science: politics is very intertwined with the economy. Politicians decide how to regulate the economy, how much and what to tax, create incentives to do positive things and disincentives to avoid negative things, which actions to take in a recession, what to subsidize, how to deal with the tradeoff between equity and efficiency, etc. Voters often vote based on the economy.
Statistics: the study of empirical economics would be impossible without stats. Statistics measure important indicators such as GDP, unemployment, inflation, savings rate, etc. Statistical methods are also used to make economic forecasts.
American University of Paris Professor of Political Geography and Political Science Oleg Kobtzeff was invited to to France24′s ‘Face Off’ to debate the arguments surrounding the anniversary of WWII and the bitter row between Russia and Poland over who was responsible. The show aired on Tuesday 01 September 2009. AUP Professors are frequent guests on national and international television channels t…
American University of Paris Political Science Professor Christian Joppke wasinvited to to France24′s ‘Face Off’ to discuss the topic “France: No Asylum for refugees?”, taking a look at the debate over possible tightening of European immigration laws. The show aired on Wednesday 03 June 2009. AUP Professors are frequent guests on national and international television channels to discuss political,…
Choose one Field of Social Sciences, and explain in your own words how and why it is important to the study of Political Science (minimum of 5 sentences.) Actually its this but I chose Economics because I know it would be easy, but feel free to choose another Field of Social Science, please I need it ASAP
I branched away from just Political Science towards economics, and recently philosophy and psychology especially dealing with the origins of statism. Also an announcement – since I’ve been restructuring my theory of ethics, I won’t be doing any videos on ethics for a little while. I’d be happy to answer comments and questions as to what I am currently doing, but don’t expect a presentation on it f…