Teaching a Public Economics Course in the Senior Programme of the University of Vigo
Autores: Vaquero García, Alberto (Universidad de Vigo. Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Turismo de Ourense, Bamio-A Lonia, Campus Sur, 32004 Ourense, España.)
Lifelong training and education is one of the policies of the European Union. Part of the activities in the field of education for elderly people are university programmes for senior citizens that pursue the transmission of knowledge for people over 50. Among the courses taught there are some on economy and more specifically on issues of public economy. In this article we analyse the experience of university senior programmes of the University of Vigo in public economy courses intended for our elders to become aware of the economic and social importance that these contents have.