Saturday 30 March 2013

Economics Macerata - 26 March

bbc.co.uk
TED: Hans Rosling
http://www.ted.com/playlists/56/making_sense_of_too_much_data.html
TED: Religion and babies
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies.html
Gapminder.com

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/12/daily-chart-3
Monti's Mountain
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21573539-inflation-expectations-remain-low-average-their-dispersion
High, Wide or handsome

inflation hawk
weaken
genie
corked
future path
bout
take hold
wages
the norm
squeeze
buying power
surge
mouting
survey
ingrained
median
ratchet
wildly divergent
abated
factors
offset
rapid
teased out
caps and floors
gauge
mirror image
embedded
outcome
tightly anchor
spread out

Economics Macerata - 19 March

Khan Academy
Prisoners Dilemma
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/microeconomics/nash-equilibrium-tutorial/nash-eq-tutorial/v/prisoners--dilemma-and-nash-equilibrium
Nash Equilibrium
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/microeconomics/nash-equilibrium-tutorial/nash-eq-tutorial/v/more-on-nash-equilibrium

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21573125-dearth-lending-blights-prospects-recovery-southern-europe-still
Credit in the Euro Area
jolt
poise
siege
output
luchrch
surfeit
shortfall
relenting
harsh
lacking
overall
dearth
bind
tightly
brethren
harsh
pledge
lavish
subdued
loan books
shrunk
rely
drought

Economics Macerata - 12 March

Ted: Online reputation
http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_botsman_the_currency_of_the_new_economy_is_trust.html

Terrorist Financing
http://www.ted.com/talks/loretta_napoleoni_the_intricate_economics_of_terrorism.html

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21571399-surnames-offer-depressing-clues-extent-social-mobility-over
Nomencracy
inequality
rosy picture
bound
random
charitable
statistical noise
spans
prosperous
detectable
Long-run
probate
estates
to mate
painstaking
pattern
grip
loosen

Tuesday 5 March 2013

Economics - Macerata - 5 Mar

Credit Scores – Stat Oil
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21571468-lenders-are-turning-social-media-assess-borrowers-stat-oil
weed out
household
gift
creditworthy
usage pattern
grab
credit bureau
court records
rent
range
Start-ups
exploring
piece together
claimed
Laid-off
land a job
rating
payday lender
racist
founder
efforts
Loan-seekers
vouch
slang
affinity
boom
digital natives
bothered
rigmarole
ducking
backlash
juicy fodder
afoul
vilified
put the word out
gambler
deadbeats
neighbourhood
tread carefully

Protecting Privacy Online
The price of reputation
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21572240-market-protected-personal-information-about-take-price-reputation
reputation

frat party
befall
spawn
mugshot
launch
vault
keen
Market-based
bipartisan
tackling
erase
fazed

Economics - Macerata - 26 Feb

Articles and vocabulary from 26 Feb

Economist - Snoop to conquer
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21571452-security-cameras-are-watching-honest-shoppers-too-we-snoop-conquer
snoop
catch your fancy
linger
blind
click of a heel
bricks and mortar
craves
furious amount
aisles
threshold
peaked
gathers
staff
Across-the-board
harness
wares
furnishings
tracking
yields
nuggets
bounce rate
retrieve
muster
cope
skittish
creeps
ends and means
mall
fancier


M&A
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21571475-urge-merge-could-be-about-return-shall-we

urge
merge
bosses
frisky
surging
perkier
M&A
tottered
gripped
rushed
Deal-making
balance sheets
bungled
wreck
strightforward
brewer
nuisance
ripe
Spin-off
plug and play
vast
aftermath
wasteful
piles
soaring
Snail-like
hunting
template

Pros:
Cash
regulation
Fill gaps
Growth

Cons
Nationalism