Though, land in the rainforest is less scarce than in big cities, which means the price of land is cheaper in the Amazon rainforest.

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Despite inflation causing, consumer prices to increase over 100%, and the Argentina Peso plummeting to the point that citizens must buy USD in the black market, the Argentianan government continues to overspend and overallocate recources on things such as welfare instead of infrastructure and technology.

For example, San Francisco's government enforces rent control laws to prevent excessive increases and displacement of tenants. The San Francisco Rent Ordinance limits annual rent increases tied to inflation, while state-level regulations apply to residential units not covered by the ordinance. These measures ensure long-term tenant protection and prevent displacement.

Trump is reviving his “America first” economic agenda as he battles Democratic candidate Kamala Harris for the White House, and has vowed to impose a tariff of up to 20 per cent on all imported goods which are typically passed on to consumers. This increase can disproportionately affect low-income households who spend a larger portion of their income on necessities

If the tariffs are imposed, it can provide short-term benefits to specific industries and generate government revenue, they generally lead to higher consumer prices, reduced choices, and potential long-term economic inefficiencies. 

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In result, as explained in the law of deman (Income), the economic development in Vietnam has allowed the citizens to choose car as their transportation instead of the motorcycles. To support, the sales of car in Vietnam has tripled only in 13 years, demonstrating shift in demand, but the sales in motorcycles have not shown any significant increases.

The demand of the masks had a huge downfall, due to the down fall of demand the factories had to create less supply. less supply means less profit which ended up to cloesing the factories.

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In recent years, China has not just come to dominate the world in manufacturing but also the supply of critical components for manufacturing, which means that China has a critical place in several industrial supply chains. If and when Trump would mount his tariff war, China would flex its supply chain centrality.

In recent weeks, China blocked US drone major Skydio’s access to batteries made in China which crippled the company’s drone production, affecting its supply to various customers, including the US military.

Because of the tariff the SRAS has been increased, so that monetary policy is tightened to decrease AD.

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Yesterday, the Vietnamese centrial bank sold $1.5 bln to ease pressure on the Vietnamese dong. This action came after a 1.4% decrease from early August due to expectation of rate cuts and volatile politcal landscape.

The sale was initally effective as it increased the VND per USD.

"We forecast the average USD/VND exchange rate to range between VND26,600-26,750 in 2025, marking a 4.5-5% increase from the start of the year,”

Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on U.S imports before this before by imposing 10% reciprocal tariffs on imports globally and U.S what was known was "Liberation Day" in early April 2025 and it targeted major U.S trading partners, with many countries being charged and taxed for obtaining imported goods from the U.S.

Several factors are causing these price hikes, including tariffs on coffee imported from Brazil, Colombia, and Vietnam, which are reducing supply. Additionally, climate change and bad weather have hurt coffee production worldwide.

To address these issues, a bipartisan group in Congress has suggested a bill to remove these tariffs, saying they are harmful to consumers.

The article discusses how Vietnam has begun a directive to address Hanoi's air pollution, which sees to cease all fossil-fueled vehicles on Hanoi's ring roads by 2030. The reason is due to the fact that an estimate of 60% of air pollution comes from the diesel and gas vehicles. To help ensure the directive takes place, local authorities call on electric vehicle suppliers to provide support for vehicle replacements, as well as price subsidies. This allows electric vehicles to be produced more, and cheaper availability to customers, and on top of the new directive beginning to take place, all incentivizes to get an electric vehicle.

This is an example of a subsidy, where the government pays part of the cost for people to encourage certain behavior, in this case, consumer spending. By covering a large portion of their daily expenses, the government motivates households to shop more, which increases demand for goods and services. By directly subsidizing spending, the government aims to increase economic activity, maintain employment, and prevent debt deflation, especially when Thailand’s economy is growing slowly, exports are weaker, and prices aren’t rising.

The Chinese customs has adjusted their tariffs on each goods. While tariff on some products will be decreased, the tariffs on some items, such as sugar syrup and sugar-containing premixes, vinyl chloride, and battery separators, will rise in response to domestic industrial development and changes in supply and demand. The changes aim to encourage imports of related goods, enhance domestic competitiveness, foster technological progress, ensure economic stability, and improve people's livelihoods.

This is an example of price control since the low price prevents the market from reaching equilibrium, since quantity supplied cannot keep up with rising demand.

This is an example of price control, more specifically price ceilings. The profit cap contributes directly to the maximum price firms can assign for the product. Although not directly tackling the actual price of the product, the realationship between the price it takes to produce it vs the profit the product gains helps show that there is a inherent maximum price imposed to the product while satisfying the 7% profit condition.

A lot of big tech and medical-device companies have moved in, and Costa Rica is focusing on innovation, green energy, and skilled workers. The country is basically showing that you can grow your economy and stay sustainable at the same time.

A lot of big tech and medical-device companies have moved in, and Costa Rica is focusing on innovation, green energy, and skilled workers. The country is basically showing that you can grow your economy and stay sustainable at the same time.

A survey conducted in five provinces in Vietnam shows that single use plastic waste from e-commerce packaging increased from 44% in 2020 to 68% in 2025.

The article shows that e-commerce companies create large amounts of single use plastic packaging, and consumers continually buy online and accept excessive packaging. This leads to the major global environmental problem of plastic pollution.

The crisis is also harming key sectors like mining, where fears of asset seizures by international creditors are reducing investor confidence and causing FDI to fall. So, economic growth slows, jobs are lost and long-term development is blocked.

Indebtedness limits government spending and scares away investment, making it a barrier to sustainable development.

This is the attitude most of society holds, save for antivaxxers, who mistakenly believe that the negative effects (some bordering on conspiracy) outweigh the positive effects and choose not to vaccinate or get their children vaccinate. For them, vaccines carry a negative externality consumption, where a lower "MSB" than MPB (at every price point) means that vaccine consumption, should, actually, decrease (or be at zero). "Welfare" is actually lost.

What's happening in the United States is peculiar. The country has recently experienced a distinct (mostly-Republican) departure from Biden's administration to Trump's administration, bringing with it many changes. One of them is removing several vaccines from the list of recommendations for babies - signaling that vaccines are either unnecessary or actively harmful to their children, theoretically reducing its demand. The gap between the optimal quantity of vaccination and the equilibrium quantity of vaccination widens, losing more welfare.

Considering that vaccines are a merit good, and that the United States has various vaccine programs designed to get vaccines out to more of the population at a low cost or at no cost, the United State is directly provisioning vaccinations, implying that vaccines are a merit good that they've turned into a public good. This move to nudge vaccine consumers and reduce its demand is thus, controversial and maybe even contradictory - should a merit good not be provided more? Is there not a welfare gain to be had by correcting the positive externality of consumption?

Samsung has invested in Hanoi via:

1. Construction of the Oversea R&D Hub

2. (Additional) Lotte West lake Samsung centre

LG has invested in Hanoi via:

1. Upgrading the R&D center it established in Hanoi in 2016 to an official corporation in 2023

Targeted aid for food security and health clinics directly improves life expectancy and quality of life for the most vulnerable.

Excludability:
Public parks are normally non-excludable because it is difficult to stop people from entering or using them. However, by removing the picnic tables and benches, the city effectively increased excludability without putting up fences or charging fees. The lack of seating discourages people from staying for long periods, indirectly excluding behaviors the city views as problematic. While no one is formally banned from the park, the change in design makes the space less accessible and less attractive for certain users, showing how excludability can be created through physical and environmental controls rather than direct rules.

When economic growth slows, aggregate demand decreases the overall demand for goods produced domestically, including consumer goods, services, and capital goods decreases), leading firms to reduce hiring and lower sales.

Simultaneously, when labor costs increase, such as increases in minimum wages and labor related taxes, it may affect firms by discouraging them from employing young people or inexperienced individuals, but contributes to the structural unemployment (a mismatch between worker's skills and the jobs that are available in the economy).

In conclusion, this situation displays the strong correlation between low economic growth and rising unemployment.

When an economy grows, more jobs are created in industries, which attracts migrant workers to cities. However, during a slowdown, investment decreases, fewer buildings are constructed, factories reduce production, thus unemployment rises. This appears to be happening in China, especially with the ongoing weakness in the property market.

At the same time, more workers (especially young workers) are choosing to stay closer to home for family and lifestyle reasons, even if wages are lower. While this may improve quality of life for individuals, it could slow China’s economic growth because migrant workers have historically been a major source of labor that fueled urban development and industrial expansion.

This article indicates a potential decline in GDP, more specifically consumer expenditure, a major determinant in aggregate demand. Decreasing retail sales potentially indicates a decrease in consumer confidence & household wealth. Hence, the AD curve (Aggregate Demand) shifts to the left.

This article indicates a potential decline in GDP, more specifically consumer expenditure, a major determinant in aggregate demand. Decreasing retail sales potentially indicates a decrease in consumer confidence & household wealth. Hence, the AD curve (Aggregate Demand) shifts to the left.

Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by over 1,000 points, or 2.29%. S&P 500 futures added 2.52%, and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 3.2%.

West Texas Intermediate crude futures tumbled about 14% to $97.17 a barrel following Trump’s declaration. International benchmark Brent for June delivery lost more than 12% to $95.55 per barrel.

The government had already introduced short-term tax cuts in late March 2026, but now seeks a longer-term solution to control inflation and support businesses and households. The proposal would take effect from April 16 to June 30, 2026, with possible adjustments depending on future global oil conditions.

As a result, firms cut back on supply when production costs rise, which raises price and reduces economic output.

As a result, firms cut back on supply when production costs rise, which raises price and reduces economic output.

Foods such as beef, olive oil, eggs, and milk have seen some of the largest price increases. The cost of beef alone has risen over 60%, while olive prices have more than doubled due to supply shortages which are connected to extreme whether in regions that are producing them. As a result, the family's weekly grocery bill has increased from around 120 USD in 2021 to over 175 USD in 2026. So that's around 3.1 million VND to around ~4.6mil.

The rising costs are driven by higher energy prices, increased transportation costs, and climate related disruptions like droughts and floods which are affecting the food production. For families that are on the lower income side, this means cutting back on food quantity or switching to cheaper and less nutritious alternatives.

According to economists, this situation reflects a broader inflationary pressure in the economy, where shocks, such as global conflicts, pandemics, and climate change as we have seen before, pushed up the cost of essential goods faster than wages can keep up.

Hence, the affordability of food became a growing concern and a key economic issue.