Warsaw, Poland

European Politics and Economics

Bachelor's
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⇑European Politics and Economics at UW

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: social
Kind of studies: full-time studies
University website: en.uw.edu.pl

⇑Test: Is European Politics and Economics the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. The European Union announces a new rule limiting plastic packaging. What do you want to know first?

2. How would you feel about watching a full debate in the European Parliament?

3. Prices are rising across the eurozone. How would you explain it to a friend?

4. In a simulation, you represent a member state negotiating the common budget. How do you approach it?

5. The programme is taught in English, and you’ll debate European issues with students from many countries. How do you feel about that?

6. Would you like to write an essay comparing how two governments handled the same economic crisis?

7. You see a map showing very different unemployment levels across European regions. What’s your reaction?

8. A friend claims that free trade only benefits big corporations. What do you do?

9. Which future role sounds most like you?

10. What motivates you most to study European Politics and Economics?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Economics
Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Politics
Politics (from Greek: πολιτικά, translit. Politiká, meaning "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.
Economics
Men did not make the earth. ... It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property. ... Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds.
Thomas Paine, Agrarian Justice (1795–1796).
Politics
Despite the intentions of human politics, history has shown that it is often the one, not the many, who have led the world towards its destiny... now turn your eyes to Earth once more and tell me what you see.
Uatu, Earth X, ch. 3, written by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross
Economics
Economists have never allowed their analysis to be influenced by psychologists of their time, but have always framed for themselves such assumptions about psychical processes as they have thought it desirable to make.
Joseph Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis, 1945. p. 27
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