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

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

Macerata Economics - 7/4/14

http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization#t-506988
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21599053-chronic-deflation-may-keep-bitcoin-displacing-its-fiat-rivals-money
original word	synonym
marvel	wonder
heist	robbery
aspire	hope
match	equal
Money-ness	ability to be money
stable store	reliable way to save
tuck away	save
yardstick	point of reference
holdings	possessions
clearing house	place of exchange
fees	costs
wallet	place to keep money
prone	susceptible
plunder	robbery
bullish	optimistic
soaring	rising very high
tracking fund	e.g. index fund
take a punt	speculate
retailers	shops
exchange rate	e.g. €1= $1.40
wages	money for work
fall short	not attain
frame of reference	benchmark
quirk	oddity
capped	limited
neat	in order
greases	lubricates
keep pace	stay with
hoard	save
downturn	recession
minted	create money
worryingly	a cause of worry
boosting	promoting
saving grace	redeeming factor
havoc	chaos
faith	belief
withdraw	take out
demise	collapse
stem	slow down

Macerata Economics 31/3/14

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

https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/nash-equilibrium-tutorial/nash-eq-tutorial/v/prisoners--dilemma-and-nash-equilibrium

https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/nash-equilibrium-tutorial/nash-eq-tutorial/v/more-on-nash-equilibrium

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

http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_annunziata_welcome_to_the_age_of_the_industrial_internet#t-740383

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