International Finance

Financial Markets

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a collection of articles and videos to help students understand financial markets. A collection of resources about financial markets,...

• Article Can markets be too free? - The Economist explains
• Article Why America’s Federal Reserve might make money disappear - The Economist explains
• Article The Role of the U.S. Federal Reserve
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The Future of Money

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articles and videos looking at financial tech, and the future of money

• Video The Future of Money: Banking on Fintech | a16z
• Article IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of Cryptocurrency
• Article Gates Foundation Launches Blockchain-based Mobile Payments Solution
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Bitcoin, gold, and reserve currencies

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Is there a chance that bitcoin (or anyother crypto currency) could challenge the US dollar? Or, looking back to the past: Should the wo...

• Article IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of Cryptocurrency
• Article Bitcoin surges in Zimbabwe after military seize power
• Video What gives a dollar bill its value? - Doug Levinson | TED-Ed
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Time value of Money

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"We've all heard the phrase "Time is money." But what do these two things actually have to do with one another? German Nande explains the...

• Video The time value of money - German Nande

Money - Inflation and Interest Rates

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The connection between monetary policy, inflation and economic growth

• Video How does raising interest rates control inflation? | The Economist
• Article Interest rates: LIBOR will at last be switched off in June
• Article The Ultimate Guide to Inflation
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Currencies

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a collection of articles and videos about currency markets

• Article International banking - Geopolitics and technology threaten America’s financial dominance | Special report
• SlideShare Currency Exchange Rates and Arbitrage: TBird international finance class 01
• SlideShare Currency Trading and Speculation: International finance class lecture
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Best books for learning Finance and Economics - The Economist

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Recommendations from The Economist with a collection of Best books for learning Finance and Economics

• Article The best books on finance and economics - The Economist
• Book Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
• Book Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoğlu
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Global Macro Analysis and Investing

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A collection of resources about global macro analysis and investing, focusing on economic indicators, geopolitical factors, and market tr...

• Book Adventure Capitalist, by Jim Rogers
• Book Investment Biker, by Jim Rogers

Movies for learning Finance and Economics

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Recommendations of Best movies for learning Finance and Economics

• Video Trading Places (1983)
• Video Investment Analyst Explains Margin Call

Best Online Courses, MOOCs for learning Finance and Economics

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Recommendations of the best online courses - MOOCs - for learning Finance and Economics

• Article The best MOOCs in Data Science, Math and Economics | EDUopinions
• Article Complexity Theory, Game Theory, and Economics | Cornell University

Economics - how to learn, how to teach

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a collection of articles and resources about learning Economics

• Article What happens when ordinary people learn economics? | The Guardian
• Article The best MOOCs in Data Science, Math and Economics | EDUopinions
• Article The best books on finance and economics - The Economist
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Financial Markets - Bonds, Yields

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A collection of resources about financial markets, focusing on bonds and yields. This compilation offers an in-depth exploration of the r...

• Article What’s the Yield Curve? ‘A Powerful Signal of Recessions’ Has Wall Street’s Attention - The New York Times
• Article Why markets obsess over bond yields - The Economist explains
• Article Why are American bond yields higher than Europe’s? - The Economist explains
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Currencies, Debt and Global Financial Markets

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a collection of articles and videos to help students understand global financial markets - with a focus on currencies, and global debt ma...

• Article What is a current-account deficit? - The Economist explains
• Article What causes financial crises? - The Economist explains economics
• Article The $247 trillion global debt bomb - The Washington Post
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Books for learning Finance and Economics

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A collection of books for learning Finance and Economics

• Article 8 Books That Teach You To Be Rich - Darius Foroux
• Book The Wealth Ladder, by Nick Maggiulli
• Book The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
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European banks - Financial Markets

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a collection of articles and videos to help students understand financial markets

• Article Fixing Europe’s zombie banks - European banks - 2019 - The Economist
• Article European stocks are buoyant. Firms still refuse to list there
• Article How to fix Europe’s lenders - Europe’s banks are still in trouble - 2019 - The Economist
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US Dollar Reserves - Currencies, Debt and Global Financial Markets

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a collection of articles and videos to help students understand global financial markets - with a focus on currencies, and global debt ma...

• Podcast Why Foreign Investors Aren’t Buying As Much U.S. Debt (Podcast) - Bloomberg (2019)
• Podcast What Happened The One Time the U.S. Paid Off The Entire National Debt : Planet Money : NPR
• Article China sells dollars and buys gold as tensions rise - Nikkei Asian Review - 2019
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International reserve currencies - dollar, gold, euro, more

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International reserve currencies - dollar, gold, euro, more

• Article Govcoins - The digital currencies that matter
• Article Reserve Currencies: The power and the limits of the American dollar | The Economist
• Article Evolving Economics of Bitcoin, Gold, Currencies
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Debt crises and Global Economic Impact of the COVID19 - Coronavirus pandemic

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Debt crises and Global Economic Impact of the COVID19 - Coronavirus pandemic

• Article Special drawing wrongs - Issuing special drawing rights will be a sign of failure for the IMF

Govcoins - blockchain, currency and central banks

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Govcoins - blockchain, currency and central banks

• Article Govcoins - The digital currencies that matter
• Podcast The Federal Reserve is thinking about a digital dollar - Marketplace
• Article Why does the Federal Reserve need a digital currency? — Quartz
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Cities and Blockchain - local government crypto

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A collection of articles about Cities and Blockchain - local government crypto

• Article Miami to Give ‘Bitcoin Yield’ From MiamiCoin to Its Citizens

Argentina - inflation, economics, currency issues, financial crises and the IMF

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Argentina - inflation, economics, currency issues, financial crises and the IMF

• Article Why Latin America’s economy has been so badly hurt by covid-19 | The Economist
• Article Javier Milei: “My contempt for the state is infinite”
• Video Why is Argentina’s economy such a mess?
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IMF and World Bank

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A collection of resources about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, two pivotal institutions in global economic gov...

• Article Special drawing wrongs - Issuing special drawing rights will be a sign of failure for the IMF
• Video Ajay Banga on India, Migration and a Youth Jobs Time Bomb | Leaders with Francine Lacqua
• Article Egypt: a crisis deferred
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