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"Portfolio Selection", Journal of Finance, 7 (1), 1952, 77–91. Description: Development of the utility framework which shows an optimum can be reached using a portfolio of investments. In effect the first real proof that you should not put all your eggs in one basket. Importance: Precursor to most modern portfolio theory work in finance.
The economic history of the world encompasses the development of human economic activity throughout time. It has been estimated that throughout prehistory, the world average GDP per capita was about $158 per annum (inflation adjusted for 2013), and did not rise much until the Industrial Revolution .
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From the 21st century onwards, the concept of ecosystem services (the benefits to humans provided by the natural environment and from healthy ecosystems) are more widely studied in economics. [208] Also climate change is more widely acknowledged as a major issue in economics, sparking debates about sustainable development in economics.
We at the Motley Fool have dedicated ourselves to getting back to the basics this month, culminating on Sept. 25 with Worldwide Invest Better Day. To this end, my Foolish colleagues and I have ...
The first president of the Economic History Association, Edwin F. Gay, described the aim of economic history as to provide new perspectives in the economics and history disciplines: 'An adequate equipment with two skills, that of the historian and the economist, is not easily acquired, but experience shows that it is both necessary and possible ...
Throughout history, the Fed’s key rate has been as high as 19-20 percent and as low as 0-0.25 percent. ... The “effective” fed funds rate averaged at 9.97 percent during this 10-year period ...