Economics in Macerata 9/4/15

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_how_equal_do_we_want_the_world_to_be_you_d_be_surprised#t-80535

Inequality

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21647349-rising-house-prices-may-be-chiefly-responsible-rising-inequality-through

take to task

flaws

pointed out

depreciate

surging

tied up

switch

rentier

policymakers

earn

overarching

fit to a tee

Milk & Economic Development

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21647352-ability-digest-milk-may-explain-how-europe-got-rich-no-use-crying

Two-thirds

adulthood

quirk

Pre-colonial

in turn

livestock

ploughing power

raised

diet

weaning

guzzling

bunched

small wonder

milking

Economics in Macerata 2/4/15

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_analyzes_crack_economics?language=en#t-875781

Board of Directors

VP (Vice President)

Franchisee

Block

Rank & File

Foot Soldiers

Crappy

Victim of History

Weak and shit

Game Theory

https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/nash-equilibrium-tutorial

Career Advice

http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_colantuono_the_career_advice_you_probably_didn_t_get#t-825780

Life Hack

http://www.ted.com/playlists/171/the_most_popular_talks_of_all

Economics in Macerata 26/3/15

http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_piketty_new_thoughts_on_capital_in_the_twenty_first_century
There will probably be questions from the Thomas Piketty video in the exam! The Bigger the Less Fair
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21646266-growing-size-firms-may-help-explain-rising-inequality-bigger
ignite	entry level
disparity	corner store
wages	salaries
ballooning	entrench
trends	skew
skilled	unhindered
intriguing	collapse
wrinkle	dreadful
overall	fuel growth
scale	preponderance
pay rises	foment
middle fifth	corporate pay
top brass

Economics in Macerata 12/3/15 and 19/3/2015

12/3/15 Espresso English 10 Top Tips no magic bullet use as often as you can balance (reading writing speaking listening grammar vocabulary) speaking partner different contexts think in English use different words talk to yourself make mistakes never give up Hans Rosling gapminder http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen Global Crime http://www.ted.com/talks/misha_glenny_investigates_global_crime_networks#t-7297 19/3/15 Multinationals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trvLScaE0YE

Why buy a foreign company? Multnational in Macerata? 5 reasons multinationals can improve a state? How can you transfer profits?

LME Hedging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mLnu5BN-vk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB3Yc65oprU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFmVxavfhqs

Marketing Metrics - not popular - not relevant for most!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gdtWAXiek0

TED Rise of the Superrich

http://www.ted.com/talks/chrystia_freeland_the_rise_of_the_new_global_super_rich#t-55086

What was the message?

What is the solution?

Economics in Macerata 5/3/15

Khan Academy test Khan Academy Videos on Probability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhxtUt_-GyM&list=PL4C863861E3B2E380 and Economics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkEiHZAtoro&index=2&list=PLAEA5E9ACA1508F92
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21643239-price-match-guarantees-prevent-rather-provoke-price-wars-guaranteed-profits
elsewhere	crop
voucher	wonks
Price-match	reshuffled
on the face of it	arising
worse off	albeit
blunt	con
dealership	savvy
undercutting	too clever by half
interim	chore
Pre-emptive	mooted
match	hassle
shop around	stand out
invoke	nimble
switching	lumbering
tacit collusion	pledged

Economics in Macerata 26/2/15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYXy9J4Aao&index=1&list=PL7vRQSjzGYU3i7_rb6ZBRT1-WVo-TpU2a
http://www.ted.com/talks/loretta_napoleoni_the_intricate_economics_of_terrorism?language=en#t-436659
As safe as houses
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21641206-banks-have-been-boosting-mortgage-lending-decades-expense-corporate
frail	stagnate
firms	outstanding
stuffed	seek
glut	shrink
household	trend
scarred	default
curtail	imperil
mortgage	track record
bubble	subsidies
surge	stemming
crunches	pernicious
binges
boosted
offenders
shield
skewed
weightings
output
funding
tilted
sources

Exam tomorrow in Macerata

For those that took the spreadsheet on USB the first three columns were missing.
Here they are:

abroad	bullish	custom
account for	burden	deals
accrue	call centre	dear
advertising	capped	debate
ambivalence	care	demise
ardour	carrot	depth
aspire	Catch-up	derail
assets	cemented	deregulation
Attack-ad	chain	design
back office	chump	displacement
bad press	claims	distasteful
bargains	clearing house	dodgy
be had	clinging on	dole out
beasts	conceal	downturn
belonging	concerted efforts
benign	concession	Drop-out
big chunk	conduct	duration
boil	constituency	earthworm
boosting	constrained
borrowing binge	converge	effort
bounty	cooler measures	elite
	Cost-benefit	endure
bowing to	counterpart	equipped
bulk	counterparty risk	erode
collaborative consumption	frame of reference	draw conclusions