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

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

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

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 ?

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

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