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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Maria Vittoria Merello

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Economic growth - 0 views

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    It the opinion of an american man regarding economic growth!
Maria Vittoria Merello

Consumer prices rise on gas costs; annual inflation rate remains low - 1 views

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    Annual inflation has remained low. In december economists expected prices to rise, however inflation remained constant and below the Federal Reserve's annual target of 2%. Gas prices in December increased. They had never increased so much not even the last time in June when they rose of a 3.6%.
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Shut Down Wall Street on the Waterfront - 0 views

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    The article talks about the movement called "Shut Down Wall Street on the Waterfront". This is an attempt to disrupt trade at San Diego, Portland, Los Angeles, Tacoma, Oakland, and Seattle. For example, on Monday the shipping port in Portlands was blocked.
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Childhood asthma down after smoking ban - 3 views

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    The article outlines how after the government intervened, the effect of the negative externality of smoking decreased by 12% in the first year.
Maria Vittoria Merello

Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System - 0 views

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    It is the story of a dairy farmer who sold milk for very low prices and other producers complained and tryied to get back their clients
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Week 9 - 0 views

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    This article talks about the demand of housing and the problems of estimating income elasticity of demand
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Cigarette taxes revenues and elasticity of demand - 1 views

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    A few weeks ago the Nicholls Worth ran this article about Jindal's plan to change the structure of taxation in Louisiana, moving away from income taxes and toward sales taxes. More recently, more details of the governor's tax proposals have been released, as we see in this article from the Baton Rouge Advocate.I believe it is very interesting.
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Global food supply at increased risk of regional failures due to the weather - 0 views

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    This article is about food prices raising as weather conditions are worst. Stable weather = cheap food Radical weather = expensive food (or no food at all) As it in the future will always be worst, producing food will be more expensive and buying it too. Tha article was published in May 2013 so the datas are quite recent and it is scaring that prices are currently rising at a rate of 3% per year.
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Scarcity - 0 views

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    This article is about scarcity and it compares generally america with india. It is really useful to understand better how scarcity works.
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Coffe supply and demand conflicts - 0 views

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    It is an easy example of how supply and demand work...
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