Just before writing this review, a news show reported the rising costs of food, especially beef and pork prices. Plus, the price of gasoline is close to $4 a gallon. Electric and natural gas prices ...

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Jeremy Rifkin’s controversial prognostications on topics such as beef, biotechnology, and business have been sparking debate for at least 40 years. Who knows how far back they go? I picture a family ...

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When businesses are planning how much to produce, they must pay close attention to marginal costs and marginal benefits – the incremental changes in costs and benefits that result from an increase in ...

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