The tragic landslides in Brazil highlight the importance of public goods. Although, it certainly was a natural disaster the government has been criticised for not alerting people to the dangers. It was well known that this mountain in this area has a lot of rocky ground, which is impervious to water. Furthermore, rapid population growth causing the building of new housing did not improve the situation. The government failed to provide basic public goods, such as monitored flood control, efficient public drainage. "The Science and Technology Minister, Aloizio Mercadante, said five million people lived in some 800 areas considered at risk of mudslides and floods. He said it would take at least four years for a nationwide alert system to be in place."

This article talks about how the house prices dropped in the three months to September.

This article talks about the price of some essential food products soared 30% in 30 days, so the government could introduce a maximum price of a food product.

This article states that China will increase purchases to replenish stockpiles over declining supplies from floods and heavy rains.

The article discuss how despite the world wide economic crisis, Coca-Cola is able to not only stay afloat but they have manage to increase the net income in the US and around most of the world. Demand for Coca-Cola will remain stable or grow despite the world economy.

This article is about the gap between China's imports and exports which narrowed in September.

This article descibes the simple way of life of the Maasai people. As the article states, since 1885 this people have fasinated the rich western world. What I found fasinating was that the very things that made them as a people so interesting are also the same things that we in the western world do not desire for ourselves. We want comfort and luxury. Given the scarcity of resources that our generation is having to deal with, the Maasai people may become our new model of society.