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100 years of overhauling health care in the US

solar profits, with help of subsidies, deductions, incentives, make this investment in alternative power generation a safer investment. Keynesianism? Mercantilism? Just plain good long-term planning.

I thought this was a little funny how seemingly petty the gov seems to be...also there is a post colonial analysis here showing how their foreign policy relates and interacts with their former colonists

Aren't India and Britain allies on the world stage now? I wonder how little jabs like this boost rivals like China and Russia in the public eye, or in other cases, economically.

Thought this was an interesting graphic. Relates to our discussions of national and ethnic conflict.

Sonder: The realization that each random individual is living a life as complex and as vivid as yours. Amid all the past news and numbers of lives lost, it is good idea to look at the human individual behind the headline and remind ourselves of who they were beyond victim #x of terrorism.

Thanks, Scott!

This article was incredible informative about the current major areas that are sucking up a lot of Japan's spending like social benefits and military spending. But it also gives a detailed outline on how Japan aims to combat their debt but I'm unsure if these predictions are too optimistic?

It's interesting to see how Japan's government is interacting with the market in an attempt to create a flow of money that will ease its deficit. The fact that they raised their sales tax is very interesting when we consider how Japan entered its recession in 1997 because the government raised the national consumption tax to 5% from. Has Japan learned its lesson and will it enter another recession again as a result of their new tax hike?

It is cool to see precisely which sectors are consuming the larger portions of Japan's budget through data. I also liked how Japan thought about balance their budget.

Interesting perspective on an issue thats faded a little from the spotlight - really shows that even when the news coverage fades the problems don't. Just something to keep in mind when we talk about current events: it might be interesting to look at less-recent crises or incidents and where they are now even if they seem less "relevant"

In recent months European nations have worked to block the main route taken by migrants fleeing war and upheaval. This article shows different countries' approaches to increasing border security. May be useful for research on individual countries for long block

Super helpful map of migrants meeting blockades and what happens next. Great find, Quinn!

Take a look at this graphic. It really puts things into perspective

New York Times analysis of demographic, economic and asylum data for each country. Note: Britain, Denmark and Ireland are exempt from the new relocation plan. The plan is not comprehensive: Five times as many migrants have already arrived in Greece this year as the 50,400 who would be relocated to other countries by the plan. Interesting to see a visual on the distribution of migrants thus far and how it compares to that country's policy.

For our unit on international trade and competition for resources: China, US, Japan, ???

An interactive map of gun ownership and homicides by country

This article has a lot of information about the Ebola virus and its impact on the world. I chose this article because many people are completely paranoid about Ebola in the US. The article explains that Ebola spreads slowly, and it is not extremely contagious. Many people are scared of Ebola because of the horrific things it does to your body, but it is important to stop and realize that in the US, it is extremely unlikely to effect a large amount of people. You have to have to exchange bodily fluids with someone showing symptoms of the virus. There are only 2 cases of Ebola in the US (as far as we know), so there is no point in being concerned about becoming infected with ebola.

I love how informative that article was. It gets straight to the point. Although I was never too concerned with the virus to begin with, I do feel a little less afraid of it, like Max. It's really interesting to know that the virus most likely originated from bats though!

Thanks for posting this. There is a lot of good information in this article. With the people's skepticism and the high risk of infection, it must be very difficult to be a health worker in this outbreak.