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Katie Edwards

Cyprus - Address by the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade . . . - 0 views

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    This article shows the real-life application to the new ideas we've been discussing in terms of the Republic of Cyprus. "Cyprus has so far been an energy island -an isolated energy system- and has till recently been almost totally dependent on imports of oil which burden the current account balance. A bright horizon of peace, cooperation and economic growth will then open up for the area of the Eastern Mediterranean, to the benefit not only of the countries and peoples of the area but also of our wider European family." I have included the conclusion to the article as well, which wraps up this sustainability-conscious article."In shaping the world of today and tomorrow through their decisions on energy issues, visionary leaders will aim at improving the prospects of both the current and future generations in terms of economic and social development and of sustainability, and certainly in terms of establishing and strengthening peaceful and hence productive international relations."
Olachi Nwabuikwu

BBC News - Somalia famine: UN warns of 750,000 deaths - 2 views

  • "In total, 4 million people are in crisis in Somalia, with 750,000 people at risk of death in the coming four months in the absence of adequate response,"
  • 'Not short-term'
  • "Even if we are able to get food and supplies to the main ports of Somalia, I think there is a real challenge in being able to deliver that assistance - what I call the 'last-mile' problem.
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    Now for Somalian citizens who are faced with a compulsory pattern of living with famine, scarcity can be thought as not invited but already a citizen, despite the environmental constraints of hydro climatically-induced water scarcity and the considerable fluctuations which characterize the natural freshwater supply supposed to exist; a water-stress routine is now an impact on the responsibility of improved water supply for self-sufficient crop production (resulting in lack of food and crop production) as well as the number of these Somalian individuals desperately depending on any flow unit of water available to them from the water cycle. Sadly as stated it is not of a short term crisis but if seen in a medium-term-perspective, water may not be readily available to support improved life quality for this growing African population, so the economy therefore is faced with a great deal of scarcity without knowing what to do about it.
Katie Edwards

Don't Be Fooled By The January Effect: Sirius XM Radio Isn't A Sound Investment - Seeking Alpha - 0 views

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    Sirius XM Radio was once saved the "January Effect" thanks to their merger several years ago. They experienced the benefits of economies of scale as a much larger organization, which brought the two previous companies back up in stock. However, they are still facing many challenges because economies of scale do not solve all problems. Some of the issues: "A low profit margin of 9.2 percent, and an astronomical Total/Debt to Equity of 492. Also, the rapid change in broadcasting technologies, and the Internet radio gaining ground, it is a matter of time before satellite-radio becomes obsolete. Satellite subscriptions are part of consumer spending that is usually negatively affected by a weak economy, consumers will not spend excessive money on this."
Monique T

Hunger in North Korea: Let them eat maize husks | The Economist - 4 views

  • exaggerating its troubles for political gain
  • North Korea’s food needs has long been a politicised business
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    This article demonstrates the scarcity facing the food supply of people in North Korea. Although we would normally expect food scarcity because of, for example, a natural disaster, the food scarcity experienced by the people in North Korea is not only because of a lack of food being made... It is scarce because the government is preventing the supply of food from getting to the people, creating a greater demand than supply. Food is a limited resource, but the problem of scarcity in this part of the world is because of political reasons in addition to natural.
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    It's really disturbing to read this. When we're working towards satisfying as many wants as we have, some people don't even get what they need.
Lola Z

Balance of payments deficit skyrockets | Business - 0 views

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    This article tells the balance of payments of Ghana skyrockets comparing to the same period in 2011. The main reason is the falling price of cocoa beans, which is a main export of Ghana, and the falling export volumes. With the export going down and imports of oil, and other non-oil imports skyrocket, the balance of payment become negative value.
Monique T

Deficit of Ukraine's balance of payments up to $2 billion in October | Kyiv Post - 0 views

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    This article discusses the balance of payments in Ukraine, and details many of the various aspects of the balance of payments that we have studied this week.
Katie Edwards

Business Line : Industry & Economy News : High gold imports hurting balance of payments: Gokarn - 0 views

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    A lot of movement in the reserve assets component of the financial account in India is causing stress for the balance fo payments. Demand for gold is increasing, and because of great returns on investment and the affinity for gold in India, demand is increasing. The determinants of demand are highly responsible for maintaining this instability in current account deficit and "stress on the system" for the Reserve Bank of India.
Lola Z

Off With Their Heads! The Fantasy Google Monopoly - Forbes - 2 views

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      Here it deals with the concept of menacing monopoly. Google isn't doing anything "evil", but it is just so comprehensive that everyone can't help to use it.
  • . Microsoft’s impressive growth of Bing in a mere two or so years shows that new competition in search can come at any time.
    • Lola Z
       
      There is actually competitor of Google. It is Microsoft's Bing.
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  • They rest on their laurels and do not innovate.
    • Lola Z
       
      If there is a monopoly in industry, consumers can be end up in disadvantage as the monopolist refuses to innovate and discourages other firms which can potentially innovate from entering the industry.
  • Google continues to innovate in many spheres of Internet and e-commerce activity, from mobile operating systems to books to social media.
    • Lola Z
       
      However, we can see that Google is innovating and giving consumers advantages. It is a benign monopoly.
  • Google search is a free product, supported by advertising. And that advertising is not priced by Google itself, rather through an auction among advertisers bidding on the use of search keywords. Google doesn’t control price, let alone raise prices.
    • Lola Z
       
      Here again, Google is shown to be a benign monopoly. Monopolists usually control the price freely, and raise the price as high as they can to earn profits. However, Google is free. Even if advertisers post commercials on it, the price is not set by Google.
  • Monopolists also have no incentive to reduce costs and increase efficiency, because the absence of competition assures them of selling products very profitably.
  • Google doesn’t act like a monopolist and shares none of the characteristics sheltering classic monopolists from competition. Its astounding success in Internet search is universally regarded as a consequence of better design, superior code, better products and plain old hard work.
  • an “evil” monopolist
  • Of course, it’s unlawful to monopolize a market, not to become a monopolist as a result Of superior business acumen or execution.
Monique T

Greek yogurt on a marathon-like growth spurt | Lake County News-Sun - 1 views

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    This article describes the recent growth in a number of firms producing Greek Yogurt in the United States. As a result of this growth, the firms are experiencing economies of scale and they are all expanding their factories to increase their output. As the article states: "The Chobani plant today bustles with 14 production lines mechanically squirting yogurt into plastic cups that zip down conveyor belts." - this shows a technological improvement that is an economy of scale: due to the increase in size in the firm, it can employ more efficient, lower cost methods of production.
Monique T

Happy Birthday Occupy! (Income Inequality's Still Getting Worse) | The Atlantic - 0 views

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    A year ago, the Occupy movement became one of the big news topics of the year - the popular slogan of this movement being "We are the 99%." This was reference to distribution of income, because protestors were angered at the unequal distribution of income leading to the "Top 1%" having such control over the economy. This article takes a look at how income inequality has continued to change since the movement has started.
Katie Edwards

United Nations News Centre - Economies will perform better with more even income distribution - UN report - 0 views

  • Trends over the last 30 years show income inequality increasing both within countries and between them
  • not only for reasons of fairness and social welfare, but because it would improve economic performance,
  • More even income distribution also pays off over the long term, it contends, because high inequality deprives many people of access to education and credit, and prevents the expansion of domestic markets. Over years and decades, that amounts to an enormous waste of a country’s economic potential.
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    This article on the distribution of income interested me because of the connection to economic growth and development. The efforts to create more equal income distribution are not only good for the population socially, but for helping economic performance. From the article; "This goal is worthwhile not only for reasons of fairness and social welfare, but because it would improve economic performance," says UNCTAD.
Monique T

Occupation: From Wall Street to the university | CNN Finance - 0 views

  • average annual in-state tuition and fees at four-year public universities increased by 72% over the past decade
  • the rising cost of education
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    This article demonstrates how price is used to allocate resources in a free market, in the area of education. Since there aren't enough teachers and universities for every student across the world who wishes to go to university to go, this education must be allocated to people via price. Because of this, only people who can afford the education can go to school. The amount of people who can go to university is also regulated by admissions and marks, but it is an example of where price can affect who gets to make use of the resources.
Monique T

Competition versus consistency | Global News - 0 views

  • Canadians pay double the market cost for milk
  • To protect those farmers, government started regulating the prices paid to farmers and controlling the amount of milk they could produce.
  • Canadian agriculture is one of the most protected aspects the national economy.
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  • protection benefits producers at the expense of consumers
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    A government sponsored agency currently controls the prices for dairy products in Canada. This was implemented because the government wanted to regulate the prices paid to dairy farmers and the amount of milk they could produce, in order to protect the farmers. However, problems have begun to arise because of these price controls, mostly due to the fact that the market price is much higher than it should be (which hurts consumers) and it is costing billions of dollars each year.
Katrina D

The soul-destroying search for a family doctor - 2 views

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    This piece by The Globe and Mail outlines Canada's ongoing shortage of healthcare professionals, particularly family doctors. Although it doesn't address economics directly, this article applies to our topic because doctors are considered a 'service', and thus not having enough of them is a scarcity within Canada's economy. The author talks about how difficult it is to find a regular family doctor in her area. According to her, there are actual business dedicated to helping people locate doctors. At the end of the article, statistics reveal that this is a normal problem occuring in a large part of Canadians. There is actually also a major shortage of healthcare professionals in developing areas such as Africa, where there aren't even suitable medical locations in the case of an emergency. **By the way: I apologize for my lack of tags other than 'scarcity'... I accidentally posted the article before tagging anything else! **I fixed the tags... finally figured out how, woohoo!!
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    This is a great example of scarcity, and even opportunity cost. These doctors are somewhat of a luxury, and although they are a need, the scarcity makes them a reasonable want as well. Scarcity may have largely negative repercussions, yet there is an occasional positive outcome for some unit in an economy. It's certainly beneficial to the other businesses (helping to locate doctors) that have evolved from this problem, and those companies are profiting from a Nation's scarcity.
Lola Z

Emerging markets: One more such victory | The Economist - 0 views

  • grab a bit of extra demand for themselves by weakening their currencies.
    • Lola Z
       
      When the demand for currencies increases, there would be more spending.
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      When the price drops, there will be more demand for the currencies.
    • Lola Z
       
      Imposing taxes and other restrictions on foreign purchases helps to increase the prices of imported goods, so as to decrease the level of demand for the foreign currencies.
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  • it fought back by imposing taxes and other restrictions on foreign purchases of local securities.
    • Lola Z
       
      When the currency of one country is weakened, the prices of imported goods and services will rise. The demand for imported good(in this case, from China) is decreased. The Chinese manufacturers might want to decrease the amount of production.
  • Falling export orders was one of the complaints voiced by Chinese manufacturers in a preliminary survey of purchasing managers published by HSBC last week.
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    This article states the relationship between currencies, which links to prices, and the demand for goods and services. While the currencies are weakened worldwide, the manufacturing industries are highly impacted. Therefore, the supply is lowered.
Lola Z

Apple in South Korea: Samsung, patriots and the iPhone | The Economist - 0 views

  • And in June of this year, Samsung launched its Galaxy S on the same day Apple launched its iPhone 4.
    • Lola Z
       
      Iphone 4 and Galaxy S are very close substitutes to each other.
  • Newspaper, magazines and power-bloggers are making hectic efforts to praise the Galaxy S as the ultimate iPhone killer. Galaxy S is a good product, but I am so sick of those ‘iPhone killer phones’ comments.
  • They don’t deny the quality of the Galaxy S, and are well aware of iPhone 4’s reception problems; they are just not thrilled at being pushed into buying Samsung.
Katie Edwards

RBA forex holdings grow to help force down value of strong Aussie | The Australian - 1 views

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    The Aussie dollar is very strong, so the Reserve Bank of Australia is trying to gather foreign currency to increase supply, causing the value and demand for Aussie dollar to fall a bit. The RBA doesn't intervene often, but it's necessary now to bring down the strength of the Aussie dollar so that it doesn't continue to lessen the value of exports.
Katie Edwards

LE1.5 bn earmarked for export promotion in 1st half of FY 2012/13 - Economy - Business - Ahram Online - 0 views

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    This article provides evidence and data of Egypt's Export DEvelopment Fund and the promoting of exports in the first half of the fiscal year. Revenue from exports positively impacted the economy, and the EDF seeks to continue to improve the export benefits entering the nation.
Sebastian van Winkel

For the first time since 1998 more money leaves China than enters it - 0 views

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    The balance of payments records two different kinds of transactions: cross-border payments for goods and services (ie, exports and imports), which are recorded in the "current account", and cross-border payments for assets. China's current account is still in surplus, largely because its exports exceed its imports. China is also attracting plenty of direct investment from foreigners eager to buy or build companies on the mainland. But both these inflows of foreign exchange were outdone by a record outflow of other kinds of capital, amounting to a net $110 billion. This left China's overall balance of payments in deficit, diminishing China's international reserves by $11.8 billion (or just under 0.4%).
Lola Z

Forex Flash: Is Eurozone destined to repeat mistakes? â€" Goldman Sachs - 0 views

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    This article talks about the sad outlook of eurozone. Eurozone is an example of monetary union/currency union. We can clearly see that the effects of economic downturn affect different countries to a different degree. Greece, Spain, and Ireland are much more heavily affected than the rest. This is the same as the crisis mentioned in this article as the 70s to 80s crisis. Shocks will affect different countries differently--a shortcoming of monetary union.
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