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Upper class people more likely to cheat: study

The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie "Wall Street" – that "greed is good," according to a new study from ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (45) | comments 239 | with audio podcast

A policy of mass destruction

A new analysis showing how the radical policies advocated by western economists helped to bankrupt Russia and other former Soviet countries after the Cold War has been released by researchers.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 40

Global warming: New research emphasizes the role of economic growth

It's a message no one wants to hear: To slow down global warming, we'll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world's economies work.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 133

Environmental crunch 'worse than thought': OECD

Pressures on Earth's ecosystem are now so great that future generations could be doomed to falling living standards, the OECD said on Thursday in a report looking to the mid-century.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 13

Economists assert that above all else, political institutions determine the wealth of nations

It is among the grandest topics in scholarship: Why do some nations, such as the United States, become wealthy and powerful, while others remain stuck in poverty? And why do some of those powers, from ancient ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 25

Finding fingerprints in sea level rise

It was used to help Apollo astronauts navigate in space, and has since been applied to problems as diverse as economics and weather forecasting, but Harvard scientists are now using a powerful statistical tool to not only ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Microchips' optical future

Computer chips are one area where the United States still enjoys a significant manufacturing lead over the rest of the world. In 2011, five of the top 10 chipmakers by revenue were U.S. companies, and Intel, ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are by climate change: study

More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 175

India's air the worst, says annual study

India has the worst air quality in the world, poorer even than its neighbour China, according to an annual survey based at Yale and Columbia universities in the United States.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 5

US income distribution winners and losers

People all over the world have spent almost six months in front of universities, public parks, banks, and even Wall Street to publicly protest their dissatisfaction with economic inequality. But how much disparity really ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Can social media detect the changes in public mood?

New research has analysed the mood of Twitter users in the UK and detected various changes in the mood of the public. In particular, the researchers observed a significant increase in negative mood, anger and fear, coinciding ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

1.4 million orders for world's cheapest tablet in India

The world's cheapest tablet computer has clocked 1.4 million bookings since it was put up for sale online two weeks ago in India, a spokeswoman told AFP on Tuesday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Study finds room to store CO2 underground

A new study by researchers at MIT shows that there is enough capacity in deep saline aquifers in the United States to store at least a century's worth of carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's coal-fired ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Brazil shelves plans to build new nuclear plants

Brazil said Wednesday it has shelved plans to build new nuclear power stations in the coming years in the wake of last year's Fukushima disaster in Japan.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Kyoto Protocol architect 'frustrated' by climate dialogue

UN climate talks are going nowhere, as politicians dither or bicker while the pace of warming dangerously speeds up, one of the architects of the Kyoto Protocol told AFP.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 46

Economy

An economy consists of the economic system of a country or other area; the labor, capital and land resources; and the manufacturing, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of that area. An economy may also be described as a spatially limited and social network where goods and services are exchanged according to demand and supply between participants by barter or a medium of exchange with a credit or debit value accepted within the network.

A given economy is the end result of a process that involves its technological evolution, history and social organization, as well as its geography, natural resource endowment, and ecology, as main factors. These factors give context, content, and set the conditions and parameters in which an economy functions.

For more information about Economy, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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