The term Ponzi Scheme was first coined in the early 1900s, after Charles Ponzi, whom created a scheme to buy and exchange postage coupons internationally, Mr. Ponzi claimed profits in excess of 400% on particular transactions....
Discussion Topic: Find a chart of the FTSE index corresponding to the Nikkei chart discussed in the lecture. Looking at the chart, and where we are today, what happens next? If you had a portfolio to allocate between...
The term Ponzi Scheme was first coined in the early 1900s, after Charles Ponzi, whom created a scheme to buy and exchange postage coupons internationally, Mr. Ponzi claimed profits in excess of 400% on particular transactions....
Read MoreA Student’s Protest to the Ongoing Protestsby Seth Wilkinson This email from my department head sums up the situation more succinctly than I ever could: “Dear EC1102,The point of a strike is to create disruption. If I were to...
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Read MoreIn opening this discussion, I would first like to draw upon and reference the case study of Abkhazia, a partially recognised state on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. The Economist reports that whilst Abkhazia is a major...
Read MoreWhy is Starbucks Coffee so Expensive? A study was recently conducted whereby the cost of a cup of Starbucks coffee was measured across eight major tourist destinations across the world. Interestingly, but perhaps unsurprisingly,...
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