(December 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The economic problem â sometimes called the basic or central economic problem â asserts that an economy's finite resources are insufficient to satisfy all human wants and needs. It assumes that human wants are unlimited, but the means to satisfy human wants are scarce. Three questions arise from this:
August 8, 1993: Six people were killed when their balloon hit a power line near Aspen, Colorado, tearing off the basket and sending it plunging 100 feet to the ground. December 11, 1990: Four people died near downtown Columbus, Ohio, after their hot-air balloon hit a television tower and deflated.
More than 17,000 people die each year from high blood pressure complications in the U.S. and almost one in four Americans has high blood pressure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hypertension can cause stroke, heart disease and kidney failure. Both Japanese studies were published in the July 2002 issue of Alcohol: Clinical Experience and Research.