Business & Money

Career profiles

Career profiles

What do mathematicians do all day?

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Supply and demand

How many DVDs will you buy this year?

Making business better

Making business better

Operational research uses mathematical methods to help come up with predictions and make better decisions. Problems such as how many buses to run or how much milk to buy can't be solved with one simple equation, and finding the answer often involves creativity as well as calculations.

Budget box

Budgeting for success

Never seem to have enough cash? With a budget you can track your spending and plan for the future.

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Sign on the dotted line

It's called the music “business” for a reason, so find out if you're getting a good deal.

Karl Marx

The foundation of Communism

Billions of people’s lives have been shaped by the theory of Communism he co-created, but it was only published because the censors thought that it was so complicated and technical no one would understand it.

Interest rates

Loan sharks and loan stars

Loan ads are everywhere - find out how debt really does mount up.