Warfare spawns brutality, but if a principle can be established that those guilty of the worst behaviour may later pay a price for it, some of those involved in future conflicts may think twice before committing atrocities on Bosnia's sickening scale.

ECONOMIST: Justice in Bosnia

The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund lobbied against JBS before the antitrust committee of America's Senate, warning of price-gouging of farmers and anti-competitive behaviour, and got a sympathetic hearing.

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The secret here is to stay focused on that all critical buyer behaviour: the visitor abandoned because of price objections or because they were not yet ready to buy.

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But one of Chicago's proudest feats was the creation of financial futures markets, which prompted far-flung firms and farmers to adjust their behaviour to the slightest twitch in the price of pork futures or Canadian dollars.

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Don Shenker, of Alcohol Concern, thinks a minimum price of at least 40p per unit might begin to affect behaviour.

ECONOMIST: Cheap booze

Just as conventional inflation can distort the allocation of resources, so asset-price inflation distorts economic behaviour by causing households to save too little and to pour too much money into property.

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If the chancellor were to ape the often cynical behaviour of big companies when faced with similar accounting dilemmas, he would probably choose the lowest possible price - of 407p.

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