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“I find economics increasingly satisfactory, and I think I am rather good at it.”– John Maynard Keynes
Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 March 2015

The video on air pollution banned by China

Think about the difference between China and the West, in terms of their approach - banning this video; however, it does mean that - if they do decide to do something about this problem - they can just implement changes to improve the situation, by force if necessary. This is the full 1 hr 45 minute video; it is broken down into smaller clips on youtube:


Saturday, 14 March 2015

A2s: As part of the Globalisation topic can you all...

watch this - the first 30 minutes at least. It is important that you see the globalisation trend as more than a purely economic issue; the rush for growth has many other ramifications and you, as economists, are expected not only to account for human behaviour in your thinking and writing, but to consider the impact on humans of given policies and government actions. This is the video that had over 200m hits in one week, but has now been removed from Chinese websites by the authorities. Think about that as you consider how China is getting where it wants to go, and think about our role in assisting them: