In the wake of the tsunami disaster in Indonesia, governments throughout the world are doing what governments always do: throwing money at the problem. In this case, the money is referred to as “foreign aid.” The billions of dollars (or the equivalent in other currencies) being sent to Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and other devastated areas are
In his newly-released federal budget President George W. Bush promises to reduce farm subsidies. Predictably, on the day the budget was made public there were well-choreographed “protests” by all the usual suspects, mostly millionaire corporate farmers camped out at the Mayflower or Four Seasons hotels in Washington, D.C. for a few days. The
Supply and demand have been allowed to work — at least in a limited way — in energy markets, resulting in ups and downs in gasoline prices. Strong demand coupled with regulatory supply restrictions that were worsened by several hurricanes caused gasoline prices to go up. Then as hurricane-damaged refineries were repaired, gas prices began to
Se ha permitido que la oferta y la demanda funcionen —al menos de manera limitada— en los mercados energéticos, lo que ha dado lugar a altibajos en los precios de la gasolina. La fuerte demanda, junto con las restricciones reglamentarias de la oferta que se vieron agravadas por varios huracanes, provocaron un aumento de los precios de la gasolina.
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