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August 6, 2025
Escaping debt: The risks and benefits of borrowing
Students will prove their understanding of debt in an escape room, learn about the risks and benefits of borrowing and lending and practise calculating simple interest. -
August 5, 2025
Good as gold? A simple explanation of the gold standard
In an ideal gold standard monetary system, every piece of paper currency represents an amount of gold held by an authority. But in practice, the gold standard system’s rules were extremely and repeatedly bent in the face of economic realities.