Economics

On Tuesday, May 17, Jerome H. Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, recently reaffirmed his commitment to bringing inflation under control through the use of interest rates in hopes of lowering…

O Instituto Brasileiro de Economia (IBRE) divulgou dados do IGP-M (índice geral de preços — mercado) referente ao mês de maio: alta de +0,52%, desacelerando frente ao índice de +1,41% alcançado em…

Sejam bem-vindos a mais uma atualização semanal do cenário macroeconômico e mercados globais! Com relação aos principais acontecimentos recentes, podemos destacar: No Brasil, o índice Ibovespa (B3)…

The European Union is the most powerful trading bloc in the world, created in 1993 to promote the well-being of its citizens and to “contribute to solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, free…

By the time of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had become United States enemy number one. His brutality had been used constantly by the U.S. to justify their illegal…

Making abortions inaccessible is a form of reproductive coercion. But overturning Roe v Wade will also forcibly: shrink our economy; decrease our intellectual wealth; cause our GDP to fall; and…

80,000$ + bonuses is the average salary of a programmer living in the USA. It is important to note this is average which means many people are able to afford much bigger things the further along you…

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world, you could read plenty of stories about how ordinary people, without any special ‘conventional’ skills, other than their vision to make money out of a…

Studies the performance, structure, behavior and decision making of an economy as a whole, rather than individual markets. Working-age population: 100 Participation rate: 60% Labour supply(working…

Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse than 2021 with its lockdowns, global supply chain crisis and rampant inflation, came 2022 shouting “Hold my beer and watch this!”. As we approach the…

See below for a redacted for confidentiality version of the letter we sent our LPs this month commenting on the broader tech and crypto ecosystems, as well as our specific funds. We find in these…

I’m a logophile and part of why I love studying economics is that it has plenty of jargon. Today I want to explain two related terms. The first is a fairly common term that relates to any good in any…

I believe I was first introduced to game theory with the concept of evolutionarily stable strategies, in Dawkin’s classic The Selfish Gene. I didn’t quite know what game theory was, but I understood…

Which you buy and sell. You trade the assets. It is a virtual or real document where two parties are involved during trade or transactions in financial instruments. We will talk about the types and…

There is no purpose in studying economics if we don’t have Scarcity. And, without Scarcity, there is no economics. You, Me, society, Govt, and the Family don’t have enough goods and services to…

You make choices. You choose how you want to spend your time and money. You choose whether you want to be a senior manager in an MNC company or start your own business. You determine whether you want…