Three Articles

Obama lifts Bush ban on stem cell research
This article talks about how Obama decided to let the government finance the stem cell research. This article is good for an Econ Commentary, because it discusses a merit good which has to be financed by the government since a private company won't make any short run profit. Furthermore, you can talk about a market failure, when Bush was president because he banned the research of stem cells. One can also talk about public vs. private goods and under allocation.

China minister rejects U.S. pollution duty idea
This article talks about how China rejected the ideas of the U.S to reduce pollution. This article is good for a commentary because you can talk about negative externality. Therefore, you can draw graphs about externality. Since the ideas of the US weren’t accepted, one can talk about other solutions. This is good because I could talk about pollution permits and draw graphs about that. I really like this article because there are lots of ideas to analyze and a lot of opportunities for graphs.

Mobile phones most searched online, Apple iPhone leads the pack]
This article is about how cell phones are the most researched items on the internet. It also talks about the fact that Apple is the most researched phone and after that is Nokia. I could talk about how these two companies dominate the market. I could also talk about, advertisement and why one firm is more likely to get more profit then the other one, even though they have the same product. Therefore, I can talk about the characteristics of oligopoly and the graphs of Nokia and apple.