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Why is the internet more expensive in Spain than in Britain?

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The Internet has become an essential tool for our lives, perhaps as much as the light. Everyone is trying to keep up with the digital revolution and keep up with the advances. One revealing aspect of the internet is the mobile phone, today the mobile phone is a device that has become indispensable in our lives, so that 67% of the world's population has a mobile phone so that they do not feel isolated from society. The utilities of the internet-mobile couple are increasing more and more facilitating tasks of our daily life, but we cannot forget that this tool has its prices and we have to pay its expenses whether we want to or not.  However, the prices are not the same depending on where in the world you are. Having just moved from Spain to Great Britain, I knew beforehand that the prices of various goods and services would be higher compared to Spain, as companies usually make their business decisions depending on the nature of the market and purchasing power. However,

Anglo-Saxon Morocco

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                                  The institutional relationship between the United Kingdom and Morocco dates back centuries, precisely to 1213, when King John of England sent the first British embassy to Morocco to establish bilateral relations with the Moroccan Sultan Mohammed Ennasir. England pursued two objectives, to ensure Moroccan support in its conflicts with its European enemies, especially against France, and to establish trade relations. Another very important fact in British history is that the first company for trade with foreign countries was created especially to trade with Morocco. This is the Barbary Company created in 1558.                                 However, despite these historical relations and geographical proximity, bilateral relations, in general, did not make a qualitative leap throughout the following centuries, they remained very normal. This is a historical paradox par excellence. To make up for lost time, the two countries are now working t

What is economics?

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What is economics? The word economy comes from the Greek "oikonomos" which means household management. This word usually appears several times in our daily conversations, but few people know its true meaning. Surely the first thing that comes to mind when you hear economy is economy equals money, but it doesn't stop there. There is a plethora of elements that contribute to its full meaning as the world of economics is very broad. It is present in our world much more than we imagine, from the most expensive and valuable things we have to the glass of water we drink when we are thirsty. In order to understand the economy of the present we must know the history of economic thought throughout history. This science greatly affects the society in which we find ourselves but in a different way to each person. For example, the number of unemployed people, the ease with which families meet their needs or the availability of public services; the state of these depend