Look at the change in population in europe from 1300 to 1400, during the black death epidemic. use a calculator to determine the percentage that the population declined between those two centuries. to get the answer, you need to subtract the population between the two centuries. then, divide this difference in the population with the population in the year 1300. finally, multiply by 100 to get the decline in percentage. next, by using the same formula noted above, calculate the percentage that the population dropped in the americas from 1500 to 1600, during the columbian exchange era. which region of the world experienced a greater population decline? based on this fact, what can you infer about the spread of disease because of global trade in europe compared to the americas?

The proposed downtown mall development will cause severe economic harm to our city. i, like everyone else here, am concerned about the troubled economy, and we all know the importance of job creation — especially here - but these concerns shouldn't push us to blindly support supposed "job creators" without first looking at the data. the truth is that when jobs are created in one place, they're usually destroyed somewhere else. studies have shown that for every job created by a mall, at least one job in a local business is lost. as the former owner of two long-standing small businesses in our community, i know all too well the power of these big commercial chains. my fellow citizens, we have watched this evil evolve for decades, and it's time to take a stand. these new chain stores may be able to offer lower prices on some goods, but they also take money out of our community to pay distant executives and shareholders. if we oppose what is the author's point of view?