Finance and Economics Introduction

The Future of Money

5 resources

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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Financial Markets and Manipulation

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A collection of articles and videos looking at Financial Markets and Manipulation

• Article The Brexit Short: How Hedge Funds Used Private Polls to Make Millions - Bloomberg
• Article The Profit Motive Behind Financial Complexity - Bloomberg

LIBOR, interest rates, global financial markets and scandals, manipulation

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LIBOR, interest rates, global financial markets and scandals, manipulation

• Article Interest rates: LIBOR will at last be switched off in June
• Article What's Behind One of the Biggest Financial Scams in History - LIBOR - Wharton

2008 Financial Crisis - housing bubble

8 resources

Financial Crises

• Video The Great Recession - the failure of financial intermediaries - Marginal Revolution University
• Podcast 2008 Financial Crisis (10 years later): NPR Marketplace on Apple Podcasts
• Podcast Bear Stearns fell 10 years ago today - NPR Marketplace on Apple Podcasts
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Financial Crises

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Financial Crises

• Article Special drawing wrongs - Issuing special drawing rights will be a sign of failure for the IMF
• Article What Economists Still Don’t Get About the 2008 Crisis - Bloomberg
• Article How to fix the IMF International Monetary Fund | The Economist

Financial Crises - balance of payments, debt and international creditors, IMF, others

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Financial Crises - balance of payments, debt and international creditors, IMF, others

• Article Africa’s debts. Africa faces a mounting debt crisis
• Article Special drawing wrongs - Issuing special drawing rights will be a sign of failure for the IMF
• Article How to fix the IMF International Monetary Fund | The Economist
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Petro dollars and sovereign wealth funds - International Financial Markets - Fixing Global Finance

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Petro dollars and sovereign wealth funds - International Financial Markets - Fixing Global Finance

• Article Sovereign-stealth funds. Welcome to a new era of petrodollar power

International Financial Markets - global hubs for international finance

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International Financial Markets - global hubs for international finance

• Article Indian firms are flocking to the United Arab Emirates. Asian commerce.
• Article European stocks are buoyant. Firms still refuse to list there
• Video How London became the dirty money capital of the world | FT Film
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Game Theory, and Decision Making

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a collection of articles and videos about Game Theory, and Decision Making

• Video Game Theory: The Science of Decision-Making
• Video Game Theory and Oligopoly: Crash Course Economics #26
• Video How to Win with Game Theory & Defeat Smart Opponents | Kevin Zollman
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International Trade Economics

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a collection of articles, videos and resources looking at international Trade and Economics

• SlideShare Trade Theory and Competitive Advantage: TBird internatinal economics class 05
• Article Redividing the world. Governments across the world are discovering “homeland economics”
• Article Economic integration: How Asia is reinventing its economic model
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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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International Financial Markets - Fixing Global Finance

9 resources

International Financial Markets - Fixing Global Finance

• Article The $200 Trillion Gold Rush That Has Reshaped Private Banking - Bloomberg
• Article Trade and Geopolitics; enter the investment police. America’s plan to vet investments into China
• Article Interest rates: LIBOR will at last be switched off in June
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Housing, Real Estate and the Financial Crisis 2008

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Housing, Real Estate and the Financial Crisis 2008

• Article The Housing Vultures - by Francesca Mari

Zombie Companies and the case for allowing firms to fail, go bankrupt

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Zombie Companies and the case for allowing firms to fail, go bankrupt

• Video "Zombie Startups" by Mathias Pastor
• Article The corporate undead - Why covid-19 will make killing zombie firms off harder

Dot-com internet bubble and financial crisis 2001

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Dotcom internet bubble and financial crisis 2001

• Video What causes economic bubbles? - Prateek Singh
• Podcast Lighting the Stock Market on Fire - Vox Media | Podcast
• Podcast a16z Podcast: How the Internet Happened – Andreessen Horowitz

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

Offshore investing, International Financial Markets

1 resource

Offshore International Financial Markets

• Podcast Offshore Finance - What the ‘Pandora Papers’ Mean for Bitcoin - CoinDesk Podcast

Money Laundering - Offshore investing, International Financial Markets

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Money Laundering - Offshore investing, International Financial Markets

• Video International finance: Why oligarchs choose London for their dirty money
• Video How London became the dirty money capital of the world | FT Film
• Article How financial firms help catch crooks - The Economist explains
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SWIFT payments - International Financial Markets

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SWIFT payments - International Financial Markets

• Article The fight over the future of global payments. Financial fragmentation
• Article The hidden costs of cutting Russia off from SWIFT | The Economist
• Article International banking - Geopolitics and technology threaten America’s financial dominance | Special report

Debt, Government Budget Deficits and the USA

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Debt, Government Budget Deficits and the USA

• Article U.S. budget deficit to eclipse $1 trillion in 2020 as fiscal imbalance continues to widen - Washington Post
• Article What Happens if the US Defaults on its Debt?

Pensions, retirement plans and Debt, Government Budget Deficits

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Pensions, retirement plans and Debt, Government Budget Deficits

• Video Retirement Plans - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
• Article A $76,000 Monthly Pension: Why States and Cities Are Short on Cash - The New York Times
• Article Global fertility has collapsed, with profound economic consequences