Thursday 9 April 2015

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

Thursday 2 April 2015

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

Thursday 26 March 2015

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

Thursday 19 March 2015

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?

Thursday 5 March 2015

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

Thursday 26 February 2015

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


Saturday 26 April 2014

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