Business & Money

Career profiles

Career profiles

What do mathematicians do all day?

Signing contract

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.

Clothes retailer

Bargains and margins

When you buy clothes, what are you really paying for?

Interest rates

Loan sharks and loan stars

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

Online shopping

The encryption factor

Only pure number theory could make a lock safe enough to secure 4.5 billion pounds - a day.

Money

Selling the future

Financial derivatives could make calculus the most valuable thing you ever learn.