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

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