Here is a collection of links to recent news stories that apply some of the ideas we’ve covered in the principles of economics class I’m teaching at UCSD this quarter.

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  Using property rights to save Brazil’s rainforest
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  Using game theory to prevent war
• Effects of price ceilings in Venezuela
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  Ethanol subsidies and their economic consequences
• Pharmaceutical prices and development of new drugs
• 16-year-old accuses the recording industry of violating antitrust laws