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This article describes how the United Nations are working with gender equality to achieve greater economic development, and economic growth in this case. The UN is drawing concrete links between women empowerment and greater economic development, illustrating how an androcentric mindset is causing an inefficient allocation of resources.

Sep 9, 2014 17:14 UTC SEATTLE--(Business Wire)--A Seattle-based firm that steadily created one of the largest hospital systems in Southeast Asia and India today announced plans to invest another $150 million to expand its network to 34 hospitals and one clinic by 2018.

This article relate to our topic of supply and demand because a firm is investing many to create hospitals close to where people live and work. This is important because since many people living in one area does not have transportation, they have a high demand for close by hospitals. The resources (investments) were allocated accordingly to achieve its aim.

This article talks about how oil and how oil is becoming a very limited resource. The demand on this resource is high and has stayed that way. So because the price raised and the demand is still the same they have to supply a lot more equally everywhere.

This article discusses the need for the US economy to become more sustainable and the role of the American government in this process. The author argues that the private sector can't make the transition from a waste-based economy to a renewable one by itself. He believes that a public-private partnership is necessary. The article claims that the private sector has a more important role in the transition because it produces the goods and services that are depended on today. However, the government can implement rules to ensure that economic activity does not destroy the plant. The government can fund basic science needed for renewable energy and resource technology and uses taxes, government purchasing power, and other financial tools to steer private capital toward investment in sustainable technologies and businesses. The government can also invest in sustainable infrastructure, regulate land use, work with private or state organizations, measure society's progress toward sustainability, and transfer sustainability technologies to the developing world. It is the belief of the author that sustainability issues cannot be addressed by the private sector/free market alone and require government action. The future of the nation and the plant depends of the government's role in a transition to a renewable resource based economy.

This article describes that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is stressing the importance of human and economic development in addressing peace and security challenges in Africa's Great Lakes region, calling for the use of natural resources there as a powerful driver of growth.

The global oil equilibrium has become extremely fragile and the price of oil has been rising without stopping. Which has been causing the supply to increase but the demand to decrease significantly. Throwing it off its equilibrium

This article is really interesting because oil is so important to us in so many ways. As with the example of the couple in Iowa, everything from transportation to feeding animals is affected by the changes in price. The smallest increase in price could cause a shift in equilibrium and could leave hundreds, if not thousands, of people facing shortages.

As prices for commodities have decreased, the value of the Canadian dollar has decreased as well. Two years ago the Canadian dollar was worth 93 American cents, yesterday to was worth only 69 American cents. This depreciation in value is because the Canadian economy is heavily dependent on oil and other resources and it has had many impacts on Canadians. Imports, like fresh American vegtables, are now more costly for Canadians. Currently, a single head of broccoli in Canada sells for around $4. Last winters, Canadians could buy 2 for only $1.50. However, in many ways a weaker currency is helpful to the Canadian economy. The US is overwhelmingly the largest market for Canadian exports, which are now less expensive across the border because of the currency's fall. In addition, almost all commodity exports are priced in American dollars so foreign exchange gains have helped cushion some of the blow to Canadian oil producers and mining companies.

China is beginning to "talk the walk." That is according to Wei Yao, a strategist at Societe Generale, who published a note on Friday on the country's need for capacity consolidation. Capacity consolidation is another way of saying that China needs to cut back on heavy industry, which sucks up resources and capital.