by Alan Robert | Jan 3, 2024 | Podcast Lessons
The source for today’s lesson is an article taken from Bloomberg News, titled “Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Year”. The article makes several predictions about markets in 2024. They say that there will be “Dollar Bears” “Bond Bulls” and “Steady Stocks”.... 
by Alan Robert | Apr 17, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
Hello and welcome to “English for Economists,” episode 71. Today we’re going to talk about a recent article published by Paul Krugman in the New York Times newsletter on February 3rd. The title of the article is “Wonking Out: Is the Dollar’s... 
by Alan Robert | Mar 22, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
In this episode, we will be discussing an article published on March 16th in the Economist Magazine, titled “Is the global investment boom turning to bust?” The article describes how companies worldwide are scaling back their investments due to various... 
by Alan Robert | Feb 7, 2023 | Podcast Lessons
Today, we’ll be discussing the trend of companies transferring their operations to nearby countries, because of geopolitical reasons, or because of recent disruptions in the global supply chain, like the shipping container crisis, and problems posed by Covid.... 
by Alan Robert | Nov 23, 2022 | Podcast Lessons
The headline we will use for this class was published in the New York Times on November 21st, 2022. Jewelry Counterfeits: The Age-Old Problem Just Keeps Growing Jewelry counterfeits. What’s that? Jewelry ‘are’ those items that you might wear around your...
