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Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...economic consequences. It was associated with mounting personal debt, a lack of social mobility, and a fear of the future that prevented people taking risks. In particular, it was seen as causing a problem of consumer confidence: this reduced patterns of consumer spending, which in turn further threatened the prospects of economic growth. It was therefore also a political...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...economic justification for rebuilding - There are two responses that could be made on behalf of the French government. The first focuses on the economic benefits of conserving and restoring heritage. The second, which you will read about in the next section, focuses on ‘heritage values’. This first response is fairly simple and can be used as a reply to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...economic reality". Read the story at BBC News: Apple should repay Ireland €13bn, European Commission rules Listen to an explanation of the background from the Today programme: A country not wanting to pick up billions of taxes may seem unusual. Irish newspaper The Journal yesterday explained why the government in Dublin isn't keen on this windfall: FOR AT LEAST the past...
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Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University What any macroeconomist should ask of this budget is: has the chancellor done enough to get UK interest rates off near-zero (known as the zero lower bound); to get us out of what economists call a liquidity trap? When interest rates have gone as low as the Bank of England feels able to take them,...
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Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...economic and social benefits to you and the economy. It provides you with intermediate and advanced conceptual and practical learning in entrepreneurship and innovation in different contexts...Sustainable innovations in enterprises: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define sustainable innovation analyse sustainable innovations within a...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...economics and sport science...You will learn about algorithms and abstraction in this free course, Introduction to computational thinking, and encounter some applications of computational thinking in various disciplines, ranging from biology and physics to economics and sport science....Introduction to computational thinking: Introduction - One can major [i.e. graduate]...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...economic environment, the political environment, for example – as well as the 'natural environment'. What we mean by these usages is the context in which we live and work, which both shapes and influences us and on which we, in turn, have an effect. They are all suitable topics for study, but this course is mainly concerned with what is often termed the natural...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Do people really behave in a rational way?
Money & Business

Do people really behave in a rational way?

Economics depends, in a large part, on individuals making and behaving in a rational way. We might be wrong about that, warns Nick Hanley...[Arrows pointing in various directions] Make a choice... wisely? For years, economists and psychologists have argued about whether the standard model that economists use to explain how people make decisions is correct. It says that...
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