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What Motivated Rogue Trader Tom Hayes?

Jonny Clark

4th August 2015

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If you ask a group of Economics students what career they are hoping to pursue many will talk about banking or trading. When you ask them why they are interested in such a job they will usually start with the 'I can earn bag-fulls of money'. It's a useful way of starting a conversation on the supply of labour and the fact that our desire to supply our skills is driven by the financial reward.

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Jonny Clark

Jon Clark has been teaching economics and business studies for over 25 years primarily in the Further Education sector. Before joining tutor2u, he was a senior manager at South Cheshire College in Crewe.

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