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Economics Macerata - 9 April

khan academy - inflation videos x 4

CPI Indices http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryId=22377

Property and the Lady

halo

slip

monks

villagers

dismay

copper mine

confiscate

chair

break up

by force

dash the hopes

holding company

property rights

endorse

land enclosures

elites

proxy

expropriation

resettlement

ranking

at all costs

fades

quandry

safety net

Is economic growth certain with secure property rights ?

Does everyone benefit ?

Losers in the past ?

Possible improvements ?

e.g. …

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

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

from 6 Dec - Microbes Maketh Man - full article

Apologies, I posted the editorial - here is the full article

http://www.economist.com/node/21560523

Exam details

The exams will be in 2 parts.
1st a vocabulary test - 30 minutes - for synonyms or meanings of the vocabulary listed in the posts on this blog from October 2012 to the exam date.
No assistance of any kind allowed. No dictionaries, no computers, no phones, no notes, etc.... nothing except a pen for writing the answers.
There will be 40 vocabulary questions worth 0.5 marks each (total 20 marks).

2nd a comprehension test based on a similar article to the ones posted on the blog - 30 minutes.
Notes, dictionaries, internet dictionaries (e.g. google translate or word reference) allowed.
No communication of any kind (e.g. talking, writing, phone calls, SMS, IM, Skype, etc.) allowed unless it is to ask the invigilator, and ONLY the invigilator, a question.

10 questions - 1 mark each (total 10 marks).

No assistance will be given with any answers.

My mother is extremely ill and I may have to postpone any lessons or exams at short notice so you are advised to book any travel at the last moment.
Tim Wills