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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Plundered Peru

How important of a resource is gold? How can government regulations impact economic growth and the environmental impact of mining? What can we learn from the situation in Peru? The picture below is what is left of the rainforest. Read about it at NPR by clicking here. 

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