This article discusses the controversial policies of Mark Dayton (Minnesota) in favor of the wealthy population, with the prospect of the upcoming elections.

This Article discusses the tight fiscal policy and the objectives that the Estonian government has agreed to pursue for the next four years. - sorry didn`t see it was already on here

This is a very interesting article about the negative effects of economic growth that allows us to directly relate the points raised in our weekly reading activity to the real world. 

This article talks about the official data of the unemployment rate and the inflation rate within the eurozone. The low and stable inflation and unemployment being near 12% causes concern about a decreased GDP, as experts fear a deflation would defer consumption and investment.

This article talks about the optimism of rich people in Canada after the great recession. It also says that 76% place great hopes into the energy sector sector while 30% count on the manufacturing sector to improve significantly.

This articles discusses the problems that China is pacing with regards to its Coal sector.Providing approximately 70% of Chinese energy, this sector is a vital part of the chinas primary energy.

This article discusses the monetary management of the central bank of Oman with respect to Balance of payments, savings and investment and Islamic banking. It accosts the three factors that cause the AD-Curve to be downward sloping and explains how the CBO aims to promote AD while keeping inflation stable.

Despite government policies which have tried to keep the increasingly high inflation rate in check and the central bank increasing the benchmark lending rate, brazils economy has encountered a 0.31% decrease in economic activity. Despite a growth in retail sales in November and stimulus spending by the government, the economy has contracted as prices rose and decreasing business confidence lead to a decline in investment.

This article talks about the real growth and the nominal growth that is expected in Dubai for 2014. While this is not a good IA article as it explains quite a lot of what is going on. However, I though that especially for the start of macroeconomics it is useful to have something that actually does explain the situation.

The article is a special example of a common good, as it gives us an example of a private property that is now going to be opened to the public. Lisa and Leon Gorman, the prior owners of Lane, an island near the mouth of the royal river in Yarmouth, have donated their private property to the Main Coast Heritage Trust. The Island formerly being a private hunting territory shall now become accessible to the public. It has been recognized as an "ecologically significant site" and shall now become part of Royal River which is being restored and protected. A long-term management plan is being developed, which includes the economic vitality as well as the significance of ecological protection of the Island and its surroundings. Although in a slightly different scenario, this article could give us an example of Elenor Ostroms theory of effectively sustaining resources through a self-motivated community.

The Article talks about the negative externalities of unsustainable food production and suggests that the actual costs to society should be expressed in the price of those products that appear cheap but have been produced by methods which are negative for the environment. It thus describes these negative externalities as "subsidies payed by society".

The article talks about the price freezes that have been proposed for gas and electricity markets as well as for controls on pension fund management companies, of which the latter will receive a 0.75% price cap while the former is still being rejected by the government. The article also lists some examples of price controls that have been implemented in the past.

This article talks about the inspection of 1500 businesses in Venezuela that have been charging (too) high prices for their products. The subject of Price controls arises as a method of intervention suggested by Nicolas Manduro, the president of Venezuela.