Sumários
10 Fevereiro 2026, 12:00
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EDUARDO COLTRE FERRACIOLLI
Recap of previous module
The division of labor in economics: Adam Smith, Henry Ford, Milton Friedman
Social facts according to Durkheim: general/external/coercive, morphology/practices/currents, 3 rules for explanation
In-class activity
5 Fevereiro 2026, 12:00
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EDUARDO COLTRE FERRACIOLLI
In-class activity debrief (typology of social action)
Weber's thesis on the Protestant Ethic: predestination, vocation, asceticism, accounting, profit-making and instrumental rationality. The Iron Cage.
4 Fevereiro 2026, 16:53
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BRUNO MIGUEL DA SILVA GOMES
Recap: the ultimatum game and W.E.I.R.D. modern societies
A social history of finance:
- contested commodities (including, Land, Labor and Money)
- the usury taboo and the normalization of financial activity
- overview history of financial instruments
- the 2008 financial crisis: systemic mechanics and the perspective from critical macrofinance
4 Fevereiro 2026, 16:53
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BRUNO MIGUEL DA SILVA GOMES
Introduction to rationality in economics and sociology. Pareto.
Max Weber: social action, ideal types, typology of action, typology of relationships
In-class activity: analyzing current newspieces according to Weber's typology
4 Fevereiro 2026, 16:53
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BRUNO MIGUEL DA SILVA GOMES
General introduction to the course and to key topics in economic sociology
Student meet-and-greet
Overview of scheduling, contents covered and knowledge assessment
Key concepts in economic sociology: embeddedness, performativity
Key authors in economic sociology: Marx, Simmel, Weber, Durkheim - and Keynes, Schumpeter, Polanyi, Hayek