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Macro and Micro Motivation

The Center For Leadership Studies

It is the study of employment, the forces of productivity and the factors impacting gross domestic product (GDP). Read her books, listen to her podcasts, sign up for her newsletter. Microeconomics – More of a focused spotlight , this is the study of market-specific dynamics and prices. What’s selling? What isn’t? Am I in the right job?

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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Heres what orthodox economics would have predicted for a country without banks: A collapse in the money supply, a credit crunch, a trade implosion, mass unemployment, an atomized GDP, and the gears of industry and commerce grinding to a crashing halt. Imagine all the veins in your body suddenly shrinking and collapsing — Avada Kedavra!!

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