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The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek...</div> <div class="tb-bottom-text">17 threads</div> </div> <div class="thumb-box-big go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/d/de/democracy.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/topics/Democracy">Democracy</a></div> <div class="tb-middle-text">Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives....</div> <div class="tb-bottom-text">11 threads</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="thumbs-list-right"> <div class="color-bar grey add-space">POPULAR FORUMS</div> <div class="thumb-box-small go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/n/nu/nuclear_proliferation.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/discussion/Nuclear_proliferation">Nuclear proliferation</a></div> <div class="tb-bottom-text">36 threads</div> </div> <div class="thumb-box-small go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/g/gu/gun_politics_in_the_united_states.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/discussion/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States">Gun Control</a></div> <div class="tb-bottom-text">29 threads</div> </div> <div class="thumb-box-small go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/g/gl/global_warming.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/discussion/Global_warming">Global warming</a></div> <div class="tb-bottom-text">172 threads</div> </div> <div class="thumb-box-small go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/s/st/stem_cell_controversy.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/discussion/Stem_cell_controversy">Stem cell controversy</a></div> <div class="tb-bottom-text">17 threads</div> </div> <div class="thumb-box-small go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/m/ma/malnutrition.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/discussion/Malnutrition">Malnutrition</a></div> <div class="tb-bottom-text">15 threads</div> </div> <div class="thumb-box-small go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/a/an/animal_testing.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/discussion/Animal_testing">Animal testing</a></div> <div class="tb-bottom-text">11 threads</div> </div> <div class="thumb-box-small go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/a/ac/acid_rain.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/discussion/Acid_rain">Acid rain</a></div> <div class="tb-bottom-text">16 threads</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="main-content-section"> <div class="color-bar purple-light add-space">POPULAR</div> <div class="thumb-box-horiz go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/p/po/poverty.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/topics/Poverty">Poverty</a></div> <div class="tb-middle-text">Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs,...</div> </div> <div class="thumb-box-horiz go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/p/pa/pandemic.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/topics/Pandemic">Global Pandemics</a></div> <div class="tb-middle-text">A pandemic is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even...</div> </div> <div class="thumb-box-horiz go-link"> <div class="thumb-box-image"><img src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/m/ma/marine_pollution.gif" /></div> <div class="tb-top-text"><a href="/topics/Marine_pollution">Ocean Pollution</a></div> <div class="tb-middle-text">Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry into the ocean of chemicals, particles, industrial, agricultural and residential waste,...</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> <a href="http://www.silverdaleinteractive.com/">Silverdale Interactive</a> 漏 2024. 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