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The Apple Watch Will Make Everyone Around You Just a Little Worse Off - 5 views

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    This article shows how apple watches makes the third party, IE the people around you the targets of negative externality as the product is rather annoying.
Tekten D

"negative externality" - 2 views

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    This article mentions about the negative externalities of junk food such as Junk foods' unhealty effects on body.
Al Qassim H

Puerto Rico Senate votes to raise oil excise tax - 0 views

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    Puerto Rico's Senate is voting to increase tax on barrel of oil by 68% to increase govermnet revenue to $2.9 billion. In addition to that the excise tax will help solve the $73 billion in debt that most public coroporations are struggling to achieve as they are economically unstable at the moment. This is related to the topic of tax revenue and excise tax within this course
Talu O

Obama's big environmental move: Power plants to cut carbon pollution - 1 views

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    This article is about a legislative act of American government upon carbon emissions of firms- which is a government intervention towards a negative externality of production.
Zachary C

Abu Faour battles on with food purges - 1 views

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    this article talks about a recent food problem in Lebanon. where restaraunts have served food with fecal matter and decaying anmimals in it. and as a result some stores are raising the prices of there meat because pwople will pay more for the good meat. But the government is putting a price ceiling on meat. so companies cant take advantage of this.
Clelia K

No Jobs At All Were Lost In America Due To Japanese Currency Manipulation - 2 views

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    We've another of those calls to arms over the loss of American manufacturing jobs. From the usual suspects, the Alliance for American Manufacturing (a lobby group of a few manufacturers and the United Steelworkers). They claim that Japans's "currency manipulation" has been responsible for the loss of 900,000 jobs in [...]
Anthony E

Multinational Corporations Strive To Compete - 0 views

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    Multinational corporations (MNCs) are facing an increasingly competitive landscape. An uncertain economic outlook, as well as cultural and regulatory differences, creates a challenging scenario for such firms. International expansion has a number of advantages for corporations, including higher growth potential and access to cheaper resources and labor.
Talu O

Trump, Sanders and the protectionist revolution - CNNPolitics.com - 0 views

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    As stocks tumble and populist frustration with the political and financial classes grows, Trump is bringing protectionism back in vogue -- making threats to upend trends toward globalization that are decades in the making through the sheer force of his negotiating talents. I have chosen this article in order to convey how politicians can use tariffs as a means to attract votes. Tariffs play a huge role in determining the import-export balance and using them in favor of domestic producers- even though it may cause the economy harm- may result with gaining advantage in ballots.
Clelia K

Japan may slash pork tariff by 75% under TPP, source say | The Japan Times - 1 views

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    Japan and the United States are discussing slashing Japan's tariff on imported low-price pork products to about a quarter of the current rate as soon as an envisioned Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement enters into force, informed sources said Thursday. The pork tariff would be immediately lowered from the current ¥482 per kilogram to ¥125.
Iqtyider W

supply side - 0 views

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Anthony E

Supply-Side Economics - 1 views

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    News about Supply-Side Economics, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. The concept of supply-side economics, introduced by Ronald Reagan when he ran for president in 1980, has made a return in this year's election campaign, in an amended form.
Iqtyider W

Japan finance minister Aso: Monetary policy alone can't end deflation - 0 views

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    TOKYO (Reuters) - Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that monetary easing alone is not enough to end deflation and push up prices. "The deflationary mindset that has beset Japan for such a long time won't change suddenly. But we've seen some changes in the past two years, which is significant," Aso told parliament.
Talu O

Income inequality hurts economic growth - 2 views

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    A new report from the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development, which represents 34 mostly developed nations, said the rise in income inequality hurts economic growth. Today, the richest 10% of the population in member countries earn 9.5 times the income of the poorest 10%.
Iqtyider W

Now Is the Time! Use Fiscal Policy to Support Sustainable Growth - 1 views

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    In the global context of a moderate and uneven economic recovery, sound management of public finances can secure elusive growth and jobs.
Anthony E

Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett says Grexit 'may not be bad' for euro zone: Reports - 1 views

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    The implications of fiscal policy when Greece leaves the Eurozone.
Srikanth L

Jersey Electricity defends raising prices - 0 views

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    The head of Jersey Electricity Company has defended the decision to put electricity prices up by 25% at the beginning of 2009. Since then the company has reduced its charges by about 5% percent. In 2009 the company made a profit of nearly £10m, which was down 10% on the previous year.
Clelia K

Guest Editorial: Free trade and protectionism don't mix - 0 views

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    Dairy farmers from around Ottawa took their cows and tractors to Parliament Hill this week, to protest the changes they expect in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Anthony E

The Meaning and Definition of Export Promotion - 0 views

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    This article provides information about the meaning and definition of Export Promotion: Export promotion has been defined as "those public policy measures which actually or potentially enhance exporting activity at the company, industry, or national level".
Anthony E

Debt burden is not the root cause of West Bengal's woes - 0 views

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    The article discusses how determinants of growth like state capacity, developmental expenditure, capital expenditure and doing business was not easy in West Bengal. The article also quotes statistics such as how the West Bengal was now slightly above the BIMARU states in terms of per capita SDP, the human development index was also slightly better than average, while the quality of higher education and infrastructure was poor.
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