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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Chung H

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Britain's Monetary Policy - 0 views

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    This article talks about Britain and how unstable the economy there actually is in the current times.
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German Finance Minister Warns Against Debt-Financed Fiscal Policy - 1 views

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    This article discusses what the German Finance Minister talked about, which is that he warns Germany about their Fiscal policy, as their policy seems to be causing instability in the German economy. Therefore, continuing with the current fiscal policy would result in up and down cycles repeatedly.
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China and Germany need new thinking to attain strong economic growth - 4 views

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    This article talks about the outdated thinking of China and Germany and suggests that a new way of thinking and a new plan will help boost economic growth in the two countries.
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US Private Investment Figures Offer Clues For Business Cycle Analysis - 1 views

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    This article gives us an insight into the US private investment sector in order to gain the ability of analyzing the potential business cycle in private investment. Here you can see lots of information and analysis that the article has done.
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Russia Eases Rules on Gas for Rebel-Held Areas of Ukraine - 1 views

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    This article talks about how Russia has finally eased and clarified that the conflict in Ukraine won't affect oil supplies to the EU, which would completely destroy the Aggregate supply and skyrocket EU gas prices.
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Will the parties impose the cruellest stealth tax ever? - 0 views

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    This article discusses the debate to whether the government should impose even crueler taxes and cut public spending to earn more money.
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Schaeuble Says 'Over' for Greece Unless Aid Program Accepted - 0 views

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    This article talks about EU members taking a strong stance about Greece and it's debt, saying that if Greece doesn't accept the EU Aid Program, Greece will be "over". This comes as a toughening against Greece's debt situation, as the EU wants a strong economy and is being dragged down by Greece.
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How dirty are public restrooms? - 2 views

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    This article/picture relates to the tragedy of the commons as it highlights the fact that since some countries have public bathrooms that are free of charge, there is little to no upkeep for the bathrooms, and so the users of the bathroom won't clean up after themselves. However, in some places of Europe, bathrooms are paid for to maintain cleanliness and sanitation.
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Airlines won't cut fuel surcharges - 0 views

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    This article discusses the fact that most airlines won't reduce the fuel surcharge given to customers even as the global price of fuel drops.
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Tata Memorial Centre wants 12 cancer drug prices controlled - 2 views

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    This article discusses how the Tata Memorial Center in India wants these 12 cancer treating medicines to be put onto the essential medicines list so that the prices would be government controlled. This allows for the government to subsidize and adjust the prices of the medicines accordingly.
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Low gas prices drive car sales - 0 views

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    This article talks about how the drop in gas prices (as mentioned in my blog log) has led to an increase in car sales. The cars aren't necessarily inefficient though, people are buying cars like the Nissan Leaf (Plug-in hybrid) and mini SUV's.
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Apple's iWatch needs to set the right price - 0 views

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    This article discusses how Apple has to be wary of the price of other smartwatches, because even though Apple has been used to charging whatever they want for phones and other gadgets, they are far from the first to offer a new smart watch, so they'll have to price their product accordingly.
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iPhone out of stock in Australia - 1 views

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    With the new iPhone 6 launch, people in Australia have been ordering the iPhone 6 only to find out that there isn't any stock. Even with a 600+ EUR price point, iPhones are still in high demand. There are rumors that apparently China is stealing most of the stock because there's a big market over there.
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Demand for laptops is so weak that analysts have declared all of 2013 a "write-off" - 5 views

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    This article talks about how the demand for laptops was incredibly low during all of 2013, due to the new fad, tablets. It talks about the decrease in laptop shipments and how sales have gone down.
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Affordable housing in California - 1 views

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    This article talks about how scarce affordable housing is in California. It talks about how a certain Apartment block with 160 apartments received 4000+ applicants, how to reduce the problem, and the reasons for the problem in the first place.
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