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This article shows the government of Japan struggling to get Japan into a low inflation. taxes are increasing exponentially but all because of the recession. He tried to get more workers to work and reduce inflation. However, the money is losing its value because the Central Bank is printing too much currency. Therefore, the income of consumers is literally worth nothing.

The left wing want to do "a Greece" to get back on track. They refuse to conform with the austrity demands of the EU, and want to get the country back on track by national measures, like reversing privatization. The political instability leads to lower investment and Portugal is warned that it might risk going the way Greece did.

This article illustrates two economic terms, the business cycle and consumer confidence. The UK economy is currently going through a boom phase, suggesting inflation is rising. This may seem good now, but higher inflation causes less competitiveness for exports, which will lead to a recession phase. It's the business cycle. The article also describes how job opportunities went up, which is likely to cause consumers to consume more, because they are expected to get a raise or promotion soon. This adds to the boom even further. Knowledge of this makes it easier to make economic decisions and explaining why events take place like they do.

This article describes how the events in Paris affected the economic growth. This illustrates how more factors than taxes and employment can make a difference in level of economic activity. A decrease economic activity might cause the government to intervene by reducing the interest rate, creating incentives to increase consumption. A demand-side policy like this could help the economy get back on its course.

Euro has been facing slow recovery from the suffering economy in Europe however it is hard for the euro to get out of deflation because of emerging markets that are making it harder for recovery. The recovery has been led by Germany which makes up 30% of euro-zone GDP however their exports have fallen in August compared to that of July.In France an issue in oil prices has acted the same as tax cuts for consumers and businesses.The euro still looks like it will be facing very low inflation in the coming years.

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A trend is shown where global interest rates gone "relentlessly downward over the past few decades". The rich are getting richer, leaving the rest of the group with less wealth. In addition to that, the rich have a "lower propensity to consumer", this has caused the aggregate demand to fall. It has been noticed that central bank rates have also "trended progressively lower". A conclusion has been made in the article that "as long as wealth and income inequality continue to widen, there will be a savings surplus."

This article focuses mainly on opportunity course. It's been established that opportunity cost is the cost of doing something rather than another. In this case the author focused on a student's decision to attend college and for how long. At least everyone has been through the phase where they looked at the price it costs to go to college but few go deep into things such as life, transport etc. There are others who decide to take a year off and travel; the opportunity cost in this is the education they could've been getting so they could stay on track and the money they wasted to travel which they could have used to further their studies or life needs. The author brought up a book by Laurence Kotlikoff in which he invented 4 kids and made them choose different life patterns. I felt this was smart because students can see how the choices they make now could impact their life later on. As expected the child who stayed in school to become a doctor made a lot of money, however, student loans and all other expenses leaves them with as much money as the next middle-poor man. Then again the other child who became a plumber and skipped college makes money but has no student debt. This is not to say that they are better off but it's just to clear the stereotype that the longer you stay in school the better off your life will be; there are many factors that play into it.

The article relates to opportunity cost and how each choice holds a negative and positive trait. In the article they spoke of soft money (paper money) and the use of species (such as gold and silver). The positive effects of soft money is that it is cheap to produce and doesn't require much material. However. The issue with soft money is that since it's so inexpensive people believe that it will cause inflation to soar. Species are valued because they are hard to find and require a lot of labor to get (more money). Taking a lot of time to retrieve and to mold into coins takes up more energy. A new idea that came to mind is digital currency. Depending on how it is used it can become a great asset or a hindrance. Overall, there are many opportunity costs all holding good and bad qualities, but the greatest is the one that benefits us overall.

This article speaks about the increase in demand for oranges because weather conditions have damaged the harvest of other fruit, such as apples and bananas. These weather conditions have caused the fruits to increase in price because of the lack of supply available. As a result oranges became the number one choice because of its lower price, so people were able to get more for their money. However, the wealth of the company producing the oranges hasn't been shared with the people due to the cost of transportation. They will see if these result will change depending on the next harvest.

India's economic growth has exceeded expectations. India's GDP increase by 7.4% which was more than expected. The manufacturing sector that needed to improve grew by 9.4% which helped increase the country's GDP. Trade, hotels and transport, broadcasting, and professional services sectors all saw increases. India's economic growth and increasing GDP shows that the country's economy is getting stronger.

It is estimated that the Indian economy will grow between 8.1% and 8.5% in the 2016 financial year. Trade, hotels and transport & communication and services related to broadcasting, financial, insurance, real estate and professional services and manufacturing have registered growth over 7%. It indicates that although India majorly focuses on primary and secondary industries such as agriculture and manufacturing , the tertiary industries such as the services industry have been largely boosting the economic development in India.

A study done in certain Asian countries such as Indonesia and New Guinea show that these country's economies are being prevented from developing by malnutrition. Malnutrition has shown to stunt children's brain development. When children's brain development is slowed it prevents them from receiving the education they need to get out of poverty. Inn these countries education is often needed to remove them from poverty. If malnutrition countries to be this high in these countries it can prevent them from having developed economies.

In the United States, many Americans are finding new jobs. However, most employers are not willing to provide significant pay increases. Recent data, reals that unemployment currently is at a 7 year low but the pace of job growth is slowing. This provides conflicting signals about the country's economic momentum. The unemployment rate has fallen to 5.1%. With such a low rate companies should be competing for workers. However, was have remained flat. Workers are seeing new buying power because prices have been slow to rise and consumer prices have held steady this year partially due to falling commodity prices. Job growth and inflation are linked. As more people get jobs and receive raises, prices increase. At some point, as the labor market tightens, it provides upward pressure on wages and inflation but how long it will take US economy is to that point is still being debated.

A thriving black market has cropped up after the NSW prisons smoking ban On the black market cigarettes can cost $300, up from $28 before the ban Prison sources claim that 'an inmate fight broke out over cigarette butts' The ban on smoking in NSW prisons has reportedly led to a thriving black market, where a packet of cigarettes can go for as much as $300, while matches and papers can fetch a staggering $90.

This article has to be about the negative externalities of consumption, as it involves smoking. It affects not only the ones smoking but the others as well. Banning it in a prison can help in bringing the MSC equal to MSB. This also wont affect the tobacco industry as there is still comsumption taking place outside the prison. Banning it has a negative step, which is the creation of the black market. Prisoners are even fighting for cigarrete butts. The government / the prison authority should take a step in taking the ban away and but also making it difficult to obtain cigarettes, to avoid such brawls.

I agree that the negative externality involves non-smokers in the prison getting affected. You suggest that the ban should be taken away, wouldn't this still lead to more people smoking and causing even more second hand smoke to affect the non-smokers? This wouldn't help the situation I believe it would make it worse instead.

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