Read the following article. Why are oil prices going up? What will the impact be? What will be the near term trend in gas prices (next 4 months)? What indications does this article give about long term prices in oil? What, if any thing can reverse the trend?
Please visit the site California reality check. Follow the tabs for "get a reality check". What was the salary needed to afford your lifestyle? According to the site what kinds of jobs have ted earning potential to sustain your lifestyle? According to the site what was the education level associated with those jobs? After completing the reality check did you do it again and make adjustments to your lifestyle? What did you change? What, if anything, did you learn from this?
Check out this article regarding harnessing solar power. Is this the invisible hand at work here? Or is the government artificially creating a market for solar power? Is this a good thing? Should the government stay out of the process? Are there externalities associated with this? Positive or negative? Or both?
Follow this link. You will have to scroll down to the article "Study: Cash for Clunkers a Wash". You have to listen to the article So did the cash for clunkers program work? Why/Why not? Why is this type of incentive program difficult to test? What would have happened if no program was instituted?
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