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In “The Climate Casino” by William Nordhaus, an economist at Yale, the science, economics, and politics of climate change are presented in a clear and thorough way. It covers the economic origins of...
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In my finance class during the foundation semester – the “block” – at the business school, the most fundamental concept we learned is called Time Value of Money. This principle can be summarized by the...
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