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European Referendum: What Has The EU Ever Done For Us? - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/...eferendum-what-_n_1030786.html

trade blocs ue common market crisis

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  • Javier C on 07 Nov 11
     
    This article talks about the british perspective of the EU common market that had remained for many years and how its detereoration is affecting Britain. Also, the article criticizes the posible adoption of measures helping the EU.
Javier C

Colombia Gets a U.S. Trade Treaty It May No Longer Need - 1 views

www.msnbc.msn.com/...business-us_business

free trade

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    This article talks about a recently passed FTA between the US and Colombia and the economic benefits that they both were expecting to get, although with the recent intervention of China, the US is not getting benefit of that FTA that they took long to pass.
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China Denounces Demand for High Tariffs on Solar Panels - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...if-us-turns-protectionist.html

tariff protectionism china usa

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  • Javier C on 24 Oct 11
     
    This article talks about how China is complaining for the protectionist measures being taken by the US government about the solar panels trade between those countries, by imposing a tariff on the imports of solar panels to the USA.
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Protectionism in Brazil: A self-made siege - 3 views

www.economist.com/21530144

protectionism brazil domestic supply tariffs international economics trade.

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  • Javier C on 10 Oct 11
     
    This article talks about how the self-developed protectionism (with a combination of tariffs and legislation in favor of domestic supply) of the brazilian economy is threatening its economy.
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Speed-trading firms most threatened by EU transaction tax - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...-trading-idUSTRE78T1CO20110930

international trade commerce transaction tax eu

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  • Javier C on 03 Oct 11
     
    This article talks about how foreign markets are threatened by the possible creation of a transaction tax for international trade among EU-countries and non-EU-countries, what would incentive the local commerce in europe and favor a protectionist policy in all Europe.
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Spain's Underlying Inflation Rate Rises After VAT Increase - 1 views

www.businessweek.com/...-rises-after-vat-increase.html

income tax VAT Spain

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  • Javier C on 17 May 11
     
    This article discuses how the increase in VAT indirect taxes, past year in Spain, by the government led to a generalized inflation that stroke the market quite heavily.
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Battle for control of Spain's airports finally begins - 0 views

www.iberianlawyer.com/...elected-for-aena-privatisation

supply-side Spain AENA privatization

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  • Javier C on 25 Apr 11
     
    This article talks about the process -that has just began- of privatization of the spanish airport controller, in order to reduce deficit and increase supply; a process that is meeting high opposition among the most traditionalist politicians together with most of the employees of AENA, who until now, where public workers, and had some advantages, less working hours, less possibilities of getting fired; which are now losing.
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Fed's Evans: Monetary Policy Tightening This Year Unlikely - 0 views

blogs.wsj.com/...-tightening-this-year-unlikely

monetary policy us government unemployment

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  • Javier C on 17 Apr 11
     
    This article explains the monetary policies that are being taken by the US Government in order to reduce unemployment rates.
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Global stagflation on the cards amid oil crisis threat - 0 views

www.financialdirector.co.uk/...n-cards-amid-oil-crisis-threat

fiscal policy oil north-africa lybia

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  • Javier C on 10 Apr 11
     
    This article talks about how fiscal policies, concretely deflationary ones, are being required because of the middle-east and north-african conflicts that have been taking place throughout the last months.
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New fears for Spain as banks fail stress tests and debt is downgraded - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...k-stress-tests-debt-downgraded

recession Spain public debt deficit

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  • Javier C on 28 Mar 11
     
    This article talks about the recession going out in Spain and, more precisely, about the new challenges that the government is facing in order to reduce deficit and public debt, which by the way, has been downgraded by Moody's last week.
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If Japan Can Address Her Crises, Then the U.S. Can Address Job and Energy Insecurity - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...can-address-her-_b_838425.html

Keynesian Economics Japan Crises

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  • Javier C on 21 Mar 11
     
    This article talks about how a keynesian approach to an economic matter may be radically opposed to the point of view of a classicist; concretely about the japanese crisis, consequence of the earthquake and tsunami of the past month
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Youth unemployment offers a flashpoint in Europe, too - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...-unemployment-european-problem

labour market youth unemployment europe

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  • Javier C on 08 Mar 11
     
    This article talks about how the unemployment rates are starting to strike Europe too, making special emphasis on the fact of the unemployment rates in some countries such as Spain and Ireland, that are passing through several difficulties recently.
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Spain sweats amid 'water wars' - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/7569022.stm

market failure Spain water drought Tragedy of the Commons

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  • Javier C on 25 Jan 11
     
    This article talks about a market failure related with the Tragedy of the Commons that took place a couple years ago here, in Spain, when the water supplies fell drastically with one of the most severed droughts of our history. The over-use of the water as a common contributed to this problem.
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Absecon Lighthouse gets fiscal solvency for its 154th birthday - 0 views

www.pressofatlanticcity.com/...c7-11e0-b076-001cc4c03286.html

public good lighthouse fiscal solvency

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  • Javier C on 17 Jan 11
     
    An article talking about the fiscal details of a lighthouse, which is a public good.
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Factoring Environmental Degradation Into Economics - 3 views

www.healthnewsdigest.com/...gradation_Into_Economics.shtml

environment degradation economics negative externality

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  • Javier C on 14 Dec 10
     
    This article talks about how environmental damaging are and should be taken in account in economics.
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Mac laptop prices steady as Windows prices fall - 2 views

news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10008602-37.html

laptops prices cross elasticity XED Elasticity

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  • Javier C on 30 Nov 10
     
    This article talks about how Windows laptops prices are falling while Mac ones are remaining the same, what will definitely lead to a decrease in demand for Apple laptops as their XED is negative and are substitute goods in direct competition.
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Market's cross-elasticities are at the root of the crisis - 1 views

www.ft.com/...ae-11df-84f5-00144feabdc0.html

Prices demand elasticity crisis

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  • Javier C on 14 Nov 10
     
    This article shows how the elasticity of demand is affecting the crisis seriously.
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Please use the link to reference this article. Do not copy & paste articles which is a ... - 0 views

www.ft.com/...c4-11df-b28d-00144feab49a.html

minimun wage price control

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  • Javier C on 08 Nov 10
     
    This article talks about the UK government setting a minimum wage which probably will create unemployment as we read in the weekly reading activities.
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French strikes, fuel supply disruptions send oil prices higher - 3 views

www.oilmarketer.co.uk/...uptions-send-oil-prices-higher

supply oil price France strike

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  • Javier C on 26 Oct 10
     
    This article talks about how oil prices are starting to rise because of the lack of supply in France.
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Gold, silver rise on global cues, seasonal demand - 1 views

www.business-standard.com/...on

Demand Price Silver Precious Metals

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  • Javier C on 22 Oct 10
     
    This is an article that talks about how the silver demand is rising because of the economic crisis and the general want to invest in safer values such as precious metals. That's why silver price is rising.
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