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This article shows how a carbon tax would operate much like a diamond tax, for reasons both of demand and supply.

Colorado voters approve 25 percent taxes on recreational marijuana

The Thai government wants to increase the alcohol average tax by a significant percentage. The tax ceiling for the beer and wine will increase to 2000 baht per liter, which is very significant. This is aimed at increasing the government revenue, as the demand for alcohol is inelastic and increasing in consumption. Thailand has a significant percentage of foreign tourist and foreigners living in the country who enjoy alcoholic beverages. Locals are increasing in their income inelastic and consuming more alcohol. This will hopefully reduce the demand, as alcohol is extremely addictive and have negative externalities such as dream driving causing many innocent deaths.

this article is about energy companies saving millions by avoiding tax bill by using legal loopholes. this article explains the impact on the economy of countries when this kind of unethical methods are used to avoid tax.

The following article talks about how Obama is trying to help the poor of the United States by "expanding low income tax breaks" and offering them other benefits as well. This would hopefully not only benefit the poor, but also increase AD in the economy as now more people have more money to spend.

This article talks about the change in taxation of cigaretts.

As many of us know Marijuana is on its way of being decriminalized and legalized in the U.S., some states like Washington and Colorado have already legalized Marijuana completely. Now people in Colorado have voted for a 15% excise tax on wholesale and a 10% sales tax on retail Marijuana to help regulate the trade.

This article talks about a 12.5% excise tax on tobacco in Australia which is supposed to boost the Australian economy and to reduce smoking-cancer.

This is my article for this week's topic - excise tax The article above relates to the raise in commodity prices in Egypt. My write-up can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/17HFScQ - Bee

The following article talks about Obama's Budget for the US this year. It proposes low-income tax breaks, to further decrease the income inequality in the US and give more benefits to the low income earners in the US.

This article talks about tax increases for high-income Americans, and how this plus spending cuts and economic growth might help reduce their debt.

The Australia government is proposing a change in their confusing government subsidies for childcare to have one single payment which subsidizes up to 90% for low income families. This is a tool to reduce income inequality and to encourage young children from lower income groups to be able to have a strong foundation in their education. The problem of this subsidy is the question of the unhappiness of the taxes payers who may resist this proposal because of the higher government expenditure incurred on families which may have many social problems and are unable to have a stable employment.

Sinopec profit raises directly link to the relaxation of fuel price controls. Sinopec is a government control company, which controls a great deal of the lucrative oil market. When the government eased the fuel price control, it meant that the price could be increased by the oligopoly. This allowed greater margin of profits, which will benefit Sinopec and the government in terms of taxes. The problem is that when price of fuel which is an essential inelastic commodity increases, the inflation will increase for the average consumer. The consumer will have to pay more his daily consumption, which will affect the prices of the goods and services that he is selling.

The UK price floor for tobacco.

Car prices in Venezuela are expensive so the government put a price ceiling it.

Smoking is a negative externality. Children who have exposure especially to relatives who smoke will have a greater chance of childhood asthma. The smoking ban is very healthful, as it has caused a decrease in the rate of children emitted to the hospital with severe asthma. The ban on smoking in the enclosed public places has helped the children to have less health problems. The government benefits because it reduces government expenditure in the NHS, which is a public good. The statistics reflect the decrease in admission of about 6800 is a positive benefit to the public especially the young children.

A negative externality hits the society as smokers affect children giving them asthma, according to this article. This effect does not affect the cigarette companies, however, but smoking restrictions came into force in attempts of decreasing the damage it does to society.

This is my article for this week's topic - elasticity/PED The article above talks about increase in energy prices in the UK. My write-up can be viewed here: https://pamojaeducation-com.campuspack.eu/Groups/13.Y2.ST.ODP.MAY.ECON.SL.A/Nattanopthorns_Economics_Blog/2013/10/7-2_-_ElasticityPED_Newsstand - Bee

This article talks about how economic growth on its own is not sufficient enough to battle extreme poverty. The world bank stresses that we need to reduce poverty, at a rate of 50 million a year until 2030. As we know fiscal policies can be used to stimulate growth but this is not the only use. We can also use them to redistribute income, which is necessary in this case. Further more monetary policy is not good enough in tackling these issues directly. Dedicated government spending and tax cuts on the poor are far better fiscal policies to deal with the issue.