Economics in Macerata 26/3/15

http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_piketty_new_thoughts_on_capital_in_the_twenty_first_century
There will probably be questions from the Thomas Piketty video in the exam! The Bigger the Less Fair
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21646266-growing-size-firms-may-help-explain-rising-inequality-bigger
ignite	entry level
disparity	corner store
wages	salaries
ballooning	entrench
trends	skew
skilled	unhindered
intriguing	collapse
wrinkle	dreadful
overall	fuel growth
scale	preponderance
pay rises	foment
middle fifth	corporate pay
top brass

Economics in Macerata 12/3/15 and 19/3/2015

12/3/15 Espresso English 10 Top Tips no magic bullet use as often as you can balance (reading writing speaking listening grammar vocabulary) speaking partner different contexts think in English use different words talk to yourself make mistakes never give up Hans Rosling gapminder http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen Global Crime http://www.ted.com/talks/misha_glenny_investigates_global_crime_networks#t-7297 19/3/15 Multinationals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trvLScaE0YE

Why buy a foreign company? Multnational in Macerata? 5 reasons multinationals can improve a state? How can you transfer profits?

LME Hedging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mLnu5BN-vk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB3Yc65oprU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFmVxavfhqs

Marketing Metrics - not popular - not relevant for most!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gdtWAXiek0

TED Rise of the Superrich

http://www.ted.com/talks/chrystia_freeland_the_rise_of_the_new_global_super_rich#t-55086

What was the message?

What is the solution?

Economics in Macerata 5/3/15

Khan Academy test Khan Academy Videos on Probability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhxtUt_-GyM&list=PL4C863861E3B2E380 and Economics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkEiHZAtoro&index=2&list=PLAEA5E9ACA1508F92
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21643239-price-match-guarantees-prevent-rather-provoke-price-wars-guaranteed-profits
elsewhere	crop
voucher	wonks
Price-match	reshuffled
on the face of it	arising
worse off	albeit
blunt	con
dealership	savvy
undercutting	too clever by half
interim	chore
Pre-emptive	mooted
match	hassle
shop around	stand out
invoke	nimble
switching	lumbering
tacit collusion	pledged

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