Friday, 28 March 2014

Macerata Economics - 24/3/14

The business of terrorism !

http://www.ted.com/talks/loretta_napoleoni_the_intricate_economics_of_terrorism



http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21597931-up-point-redistributing-income-fight-inequality-can-lift-growth-inequality

soundbite half the gap
Attack-ad growth spurt
mainstay might
derail tax and spend
trip up tease out
reckon spanning
carrot trims
grind to a halt spread around
prompted shrink
poor health draw conclusions
boosting nationalising
sow the seeds dole out
borrowing binge benign
pin down shaky
trend struggle
duration prop up
spell of growth
falter

Monday, 17 March 2014

Macerata Economics 17/3/13




http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21598651-new-book-examines-worlds-love-hate-relationship-dollar-once-and



lumpy depth
smooth claims
swap spoils Advantages of being a reserve currency?
burden accrue
ambivalence tycoon Obligations?
erode vast range
cemented hyped Federal Reserve Solutions?
source tiny
inflow assets Why use $?
haven conceal
shatter lucrative Why not Yuan?
prompting Low-yield
hoard greying
slump big chunk
swap lines constituency
rampant rival
to husband Catch-up
advertising narrow
endure tend
reign store of value
distasteful funding
widest hegemon
reach hedge

Macerata Economics 10/3/13

http://www.ted.com/talks/wingham_rowan_a_new_kind_of_job_market

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/independent-dependent-probability/basic_probability/v/basic-probability

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/independent-dependent-probability/basic_probability/v/probability-space-exercise-example

www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/independent-dependent-probability/basic_probability/e/probability_1

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/independent-dependent-probability/addition_rule_probability/v/probability-with-playing-cards-and-venn-diagrams

Monday, 3 March 2014

Macerata Economics 3/3/14

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21596943-setting-price-nature-useful-exercise-up-point-valuing

https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/firm-economic-profit/economic-profit-tutorial/v/economic-profit-vs-accounting-profit

https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/firm-economic-profit/economic-profit-tutorial/v/depreciation-and-opportunity-cost-of-capital

http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_botsman_the_currency_of_the_new_economy_is_trust.html













naturalist be had
solitary priceless peril
own kind healthy soil
offspring take into account bounty
pouch tighten
spines grip
uncongenial bowing to ECONOMICS
quirk trashed CANNOT
snack effort FULLY VALUE
tribal pitfall NATURE
rivalries marvel
grasp mourn OPTIONS?
sightings output 1/ DO NOTHING
nosing around reveal 2/ FIND SOMEONE ELSE
earthworm to prize (WWF, GOVERNMENTS?)
reckoned dodgy 3/ EAT THEM
concerted efforts lend force 4/ RESTRICTIONS
headway Cost-benefit (HUNTING, DEVELOPMENT)
struggle work out
make sense beasts
species clinging on
scarce anything worthwhile

Monday, 24 February 2014

Macerta Economics 24/2/14

https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/supply-demand-equilibrium/demand-curve-tutorial/v/law-of-demand
https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/supply-demand-equilibrium/demand-curve-tutorial/v/price-of-related-products-and-demand
https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/supply-demand-equilibrium/demand-curve-tutorial/v/change-in-expected-future-prices-and-demand
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html
http://www.gapminder.org/world/#$majorMode=chart$is;shi=t;ly=2003;lb=f;il=t;fs=11;al=30;stl=t;st=t;nsl=t;se=t$wst;tts=C$ts;sp=5.59290322580644;ti=2012$zpv;v=0$inc_x;mmid=XCOORDS;iid=phAwcNAVuyj1jiMAkmq1iMg;by=ind$inc_y;mmid=YCOORDS;iid=phAwcNAVuyj2tPLxKvvnNPA;by=ind$inc_s;uniValue=8.21;iid=phAwcNAVuyj0XOoBL_n5tAQ;by=ind$inc_c;uniValue=255;gid=CATID0;by=grp$map_x;scale=log;dataMin=283;dataMax=110808$map_y;scale=lin;dataMin=18;dataMax=87$map_s;sma=49;smi=2.65$cd;bd=0$inds=i10_t001800,,,,;i108_t001800,,,,;i117_t001800,,,,;i76_t001800,,,,;i13_t001800,,,,;modified=75

http://www.economist.com/news/international/21596563-why-health-care-has-failed-globalise-m-decine-avec-fronti-res
shop around
to reason
hip
touring
counterpart
Shake-up
abroad
fuzzy
care
deals
trump concerns
pursuit
cooler measures
ardour
legwork
malpractice
Follow-up
custom
forays
worthwhile
stinginess
chain
scouring
bargains
bulk
Top-notch
Home-improvement firm

15 years ago:
Who benefitted ?
Who was expected to benefit ?
Who benefits today ?

Monday, 17 February 2014

Economics in Macerata - 17/2/14 - MOOCs

Massive Open Online Forces - Economist Feb 8th
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21595901-rise-online-instruction-will-upend-economics-higher-education-massive



gathered little scope
constrained undercut
lecture hall textbook
debate design
fellow students account for
sweeping change equipped
boil instructor
submit assignment bad press
skipping signing up
bowing Drop-out
rush conduct
shed light upfront
underpin prosper
converge portal
dear displacement
squeeze into elite
roster belonging
reckon recoup
salient threaten
rock-bottom chump
recorded
provider

Advantages ?
Disadvantages ?
Will it work in Italy ?
Is it personally interesting ?

https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/supply-demand-equilibrium/market-equilibrium-tutorial/v/changes-in-market-equilibrium