The invisible hand

31/10/2012

Happy Halloween!!!

18/07/2012

IMF has looked into their crystal ball

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/NEW071612A.htm

An already sluggish global recovery shows signs of further weakness, mainly because of continuing financial problems in Europe and slower-than-expected growth in emerging economies, the IMF said in a regular update to the World Economic Outlook.

07/05/2012

And I, who thought that printing money could solve any problem. Disappointed:(


www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkyBnaYCUhw&feature=relmfu

Students, get a full week of this at a summer seminar: http://lrnlbty.co/Hvopp9 If the government can print money, why doesn't it just print money and hand i...

09/04/2012

:)

Batman equation. Nerdy awesomeness.
http://federicopistono.org

17/02/2012

:)

And yet you still ask Y.

09/02/2012

Tough measures. However, it remains to be seen whether the EU are satisfied.

Leaders reach agreement on austerity measures needed to secure another Greek bailout just before a meeting of eurozone finance ministers.

29/01/2012

An update on european key figures. Could have been better.

27/01/2012

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In a lively show, mathemagician Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares, solves another massive mental equation and guesses a few birthdays. How does he do it? He’ll tell you.

14/01/2012

Nothing to do with economics. However, for those of you who are students - its not only YOUR parents that sets high requirements.

29/12/2011

These guys do not give up so easily.

"Fight of the Century" is the new economics hip-hop music video by John Papola and Russ Roberts at http://EconStories.tv. According to the National Bureau of...

20/12/2011

11/12/2011

Hi. I guess that many of you have seen this. However, just in case you have missed it, here you get two quite different views of the reasons behind business cycles - wrapped in a wrap.

Econstories.tv is a place to learn about the economic way of thinking through the eyes of creative director John Papola and creative economist Russ Roberts. ...

20/11/2011

“Macroeconomics – a brief summary” is available in online bookshops worldwide! ONLY £6.80

This book gives a brief introduction to some of the main topics included in most introductory courses in macroeconomics at university level. The book brings out and emphasizes some key topics and helps you to get an overview of the field and contribute to a better understanding of the textbooks listed in your syllabus. To facilitate the presentation, the book contains a lot of numerical examples.

You can find the book on Kalahari, http://www.kalahari.net/digitaldownloads/Macroeconomics-a-brief-summary-eBook/76299/40936976.aspx

Tesco, http://www.tescoebooks.com/tescoweb/search/SearchSingletitle.aspx?E=9781908034007 and other online bookshops worldwide. It will also soon be available on iBooks.

Macroeconomics - A Brief Summary Ebook,Terje Synnestvedt,9781908034007,Adobe Drm Epub

15/11/2011

An update from Europe, Spain next?

The sovereign debt crisis continues to hang over Europe as new leaders in Greece and Italy confront financial and economic problems that have no easy solution.

11/11/2011

Basics of Economics

For starters, - here are some fundamental questions you should have in mind whatever you read about economics.

http://www.thegreatcourses.com/economics What is economics, exactly? Well, economics takes as its subject material some basic questions about how a society p...

27/06/2011

World's Most Expensive: Pizza($1,000); was made by Nino's Bellissima Pizza (located in New York City). The 12-inch pizza is topped with creme fraiche, chives, eight ounces of four different kinds of Petrossian caviar, four ounces of thinly sliced Maine lobster tail, salmon roe, and a little bit of wasabi to complement all the fish. The pizza is cut into eight... that is a mere $125 for each serving.

20/06/2011

World's Most Expensive: Commercial.

the world's most costly advertisement and the winner of this year's best ad of the world. it took 606 takes and re-takes to make this commercial and the tota...

14/06/2011

World's Most Expensive: Hello Kitty.
Its W3.8xH5.6cm, weighs 590g. The mini Hello Kitty comes with seven hair ribbons made of gems including diamond, ruby, pink sapphire, amethyst and blue topaz. The figurine comes with a price tag of $163,000 US, a record high in Hello Kitty's extensive line-up. Only one set is available, which went on sale on December 2006 at the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo.

12/06/2011

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ...

07/06/2011

The Future!

This video was prepared by the UK branch of Dorling Kindersley Books and produced by Khaki Films (http://www.thekhakigroup.com/). Originally meant solely for...

31/05/2011

The origin of the word money comes from the Latin word, “moneta”. The English translation of “moneta” is “warning”, so from early times people have been cautious about how they use money.

23/05/2011

Fun currency fact: Bermuda’s $2 bill has been named the bank note of the year 2010 by International Bank Note Society for its attractiveness and high security features.

20/05/2011

Fact; The US Dollar Bill:
The average life of a dollar bill is just 18 months.

16/05/2011

"You’ve got a class full of kids who need to be taught algebra and you don’t have any more algebra teachers, so you hire somebody — anybody — to teach those kids algebra, and that person may not know a thing about algebra. It’s a scandal.”
Jeremy Kilpatrick

15/05/2011

Inflation allows you to live in a more expensive neighbourhood without moving.

09/05/2011

"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you prove that you don’t need it." Bob Hope

03/05/2011

Little 12 by School House Rock

02/05/2011

"Mankiw's 10 principles of economics, translated for the uninitiated", by Yoram Bauman, http://www.standupeconomist.com . Presented at the AAAS humor session...

30/04/2011

Economists do it with models!
www.zigmapublishing.com

29/04/2011

TED Talks You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world."

13/03/2011

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