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This article is very interesting with regards to one of this week's topics: import substitution. The concept of import substitution is often applied to LEDC's, reducing their dependancy on foreign imports and improving domestic output. However, this article is about Russia, who is adopting import substitution in response to deteriorating political relations with other nations. The Ministry of Industry and Trade wishes to minimise dependancy on imports from abroad, conjointly limiting the manipulating power of foreign nations.

Nizhny Novgorod Governor Valery Shantsev took part in a business meeting devoted to prospects and opportunities of import substitution in the region. This is crucial in Russia's current situation thus substituting imports is a must. Short article, yet precise and interesting

Propane producers try to gain more by selling more. But they need a greater demand. Since natural gas and propane are substitute goods, and the natural gas industy has recently boomed, propane lost a lot of demand. So "propane distributors seek to boost demand with land mowers" and by exporting these two complementary products to other countries.

This article is about how the rising oil prices affect the companies that produce sugar. The article tells us that sugar is inelastic because of many factors, for example very few substitutes so by rising the prices of sugar in the market, it does not really affect the demand for it.

This article published in the Telegraph regards the purchase of up-and-coming Israeli mapping program Waze for an estimated $1bn. The move is one that serves to increase Google's monopolistic stance in the digital mapping industry, as the purchase restricts the availability of effective substitutes to map services owned by Google.

This article shows the best possible market where inelastic demand is common. The oil and gas are the products that have the price elasticity of demand below the one. It is caused by the cooperation of the industries and miners as well as it is really hard to find such a good substitutes for it.

This is an interesting artice that shows how solar phtovoltaic is taking over, reducing the demand of substitute sources of energy but mostly, increasing their elasticity. With PV on the market, more people will be ready to abandon coal or oil for this clean and durable energy source.

This is an article that appeared lately in The Economist. It considers gas taxation in order to fund roads. It gives the factor that we discussed during classes: substitutes to gasoline, PED, the influence on the environment.