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What's so hard about guaranteeing everyone a minimal level of income support? What problems arise?
If tax breaks for the rich really stimulated investment and growth, wouldn't everyone benefit from them? Why would anyone oppose them?
Is a tax deduction for tuition likely to increase college enrollments? How will it affect horizontal and vertical equities?
How high could the tax rate go before people reduced their work effort? How do families vary the quantity of labor supplied when tax rates change?
What loopholes reduced the president's tax bill? What's the purpose of those loopholes? How else might those purposes be achieved?
What goods or services do you and your family receive without directly paying for them? How do these goods affect the distribution of economic welfare?
What is the price of Google stock now? What has caused the change in price since its 2004 IPO at $85 a share?
What is the price of Google stock now? What has caused the change in price since its 2004 IPO at $85 a share.
Why is it considered riskier to own stock in a software company than to hold U.S. Treasury savings bonds? Which asset will generate a higher return?
Why would anyone buy shares of a corporation that had no profits and paid no dividends? What's the highest price a person would pay for such a stock?
A key issue in the 1998 GM strike involved peg rates that allow workers to go home or get paid overtime wages. How do peg rates affect productivity and costs?
In 1998, teaching assistants at the University of California struck for higher wages. How did the availability of replacement workers affect their power?
Does a strike for a raise of 5 cents an hour make any sense? What kinds of long-term benefits might a union gain from such a strike?
Why do unions and employers tend to begin bargaining from extreme positions?
What are the economic costs of the externalities caused by air toxins? Or beach closings? How would you measure their value?
Why would auto manufacturers resist exhaust control devices? How would their costs, sales, and profits be affected?
Does anyone have an incentive to maintain auto-exhaust control devices in good working order? How can we ensure that they will be maintained?
Why would local monopolies ever confront effective competition? Does profit regulation inhibit or accelerate would-be competition?
Why is there resistance to (a) local phone companies providing video and data services and (b) mergers of local cable and telephone companies?
Should we try to eliminate all pollution? What economic considerations might favor permitting some pollution?
Suppose we established a $10,000 fine for water pollution. Would some companies still find that polluting was economical? Under what conditions?
Should the United States have signed the Kyoto treaty? What are the arguments for and against U.S. participation?