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Why Do We HATE Paying Taxes?
America has one of the lowest tax rates in the world, and we each enjoy the benefits of our tax dollars every day... so why do we hate paying them so much?
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Will the Housing Bubble Burst?
What's causing the steep rise in housing prices? And when will it end?
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How Fast Fashion Makes You Poor!
Modern consumers can buy a whole wardrobe for what it used to cost for a few outfits... but the hidden costs of fast fashion mean you won't actually be saving money. Find out why!
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Should You Buy Drugs Abroad? (feat. @pbsvitals )
Prescription drugs cost way more in America than most other countries... but is it wise (or safe) to buy them abroad?
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Is a Business Idea Feasible - Financial Analysis
How do you determine whether a business idea is financially feasible? You need to evaluate the economic viability of your business idea by considering your start-up cost, cash flow and operational expenses.
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Investor Presentation - Financial Forecasts
How do you present financial forecasts in an investor presentation? The financial slide includes a balance sheet, the income, cash flow statements, and projections.
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InSourcing vs Outsourcing
What is Insourcing? What is Outsourcing? Outsourcing is the process of hiring a third-party or outsourcing company to do a specific task or function for your business. On the other hand, insourcing means bringing the task or function...
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Economic Value Added - Business Valuation
What is the Economic Value Added Method of business valuation? EVA is the incremental difference in the rate of return (RoR) over a company's cost of capital. Essentially, it is used to measure the value a company generates from funds...
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Discount Future Cash Flows - Business Valuation
What is the Discount Future Cash Flows Method of Business Valuation? Discounted cash flow (DCF) is a method of valuation used to determine the value of an investment based on its return in the future–called future cash flows. DCF helps...
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Business Plan - Financial Projections
What should be included in the Financial Projections portion of the business plan? The financial section of your business plan should include a sales forecast, expenses budget, cash flow statement, balance sheet, and a profit and loss...
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Activity-Based Management
What is Activity-Based Management? Activity-based management is a method of identifying and evaluating activities that a business performs, using activity-based costing to carry out a value chain analysis or a re-engineering initiative...
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Time to Market
What is the Time to Market for a startup venture? Time to Market (TTM) is the time it takes to go from an idea to a finished product. Sometimes you will come across the term Speed to Market (STM). In the context of startups, TTM is a...
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Theories of Group Formation
What are the primary theories of Group Formation? This article throws light on the four important theories of group formation, i.e, (1) Propinquity Theory, (2) Homan's Theory, (3) Balance Theory, and (4) Exchange Theory.
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Strategic Cost Management
What is Strategic Cost Management? Strategic Cost Management is an approach focusing on making a business more competitive by reducing costs of operations. More specifically, it integrates cost information into the decision-making...
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Marketing Action Plan
What is a Marketing Action Plan? Marketing strategy is an organization's promotional efforts to allocate its resources across a wide range of platforms, channels to increase its sales and achieve sustainable competitive advantage within...
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Outline of a Business Plan
What goes into the Outline of a Business Plan? When you write your business plan, you don’t have to stick to the exact business plan outline. Instead, use the sections that make the most sense for your business and your needs....
Learning Mole
Profit in Business
Grandad teaches Jamal all about profit in business. Jamal has lots of questions - What is a profit? What makes a business successful? What elements do yuo need to consider to make a profit?
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Necessary Evils?
Historian and Chinese Studies specialist Karl Gerth (UCSD) discusses how many of the problems currently besetting modern China were anticipated by Mao.
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Television Commercials
This video discusses television commercials and provides an example of a classic television commercial.
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Droughts and Water Scarcity
Droughts and Water Scarcity investigates environmental issues by examining problems caused by droughts, challenges of water shortages, and ways to combat water scarcity.
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Write an Equation for a Real World Situation
In this video, the teacher explains how to write a real-world equation to represent a situation involving the cost of kites and spools of kite string at a toy store. The teacher breaks down the problem, highlighting important information...
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Taking a Broader Perspective
Historian Margaret Jacob (UCLA) describes how her views are often at odds with those of many economic historians.
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Factors That Affect Income
“Factors That Affect Income” discusses various economic factors that affect profit and income, such as inflation, deflation, unemployment, capital goods, human capital, and productivity.
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Looking for Medici
Marine biologist Edie Widder at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association laments the lack of sustained worldwide marine science funding despite the universally acknowledged importance of our oceans.