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What about the overall energy situation? What percentage of its overall energy consumption can it fulfill with domestically produced energy?
How does a subsidy to consumers differ from a subsidy to producers in correcting for a positive externality?
What is the significance of this opportunity cost to the search for better technology to reduce pollution?
Using an example other than one in the text, explain how climate-change might hurt one industry, particular region, or country but help another.
How much greenhouse gas does the United States emit per person? What is the trend of emissions on a per-person basis?
How marketable emission credits add to overall economic efficiency, compared to across-the-board limitations on maximum discharges of air pollutants by firms.
How does a worker file a complaint or report a hazard? Where is the nearest OSHA office to you? Go back to the OSHA home page and select News Releases.
How does the problem of limited and bundled choice in the public sector relate to economic efficiency?
Distinguish between the benefits-received and the ability-to-pay principles of taxation. Which philosophy is more evident in our present tax structure?
What is meant by a progressive tax? A regressive tax? A proportional tax? Comment on the progressivity or regressivity of each of the following taxes.
Explain why many economists want to divert additional resources from farming to achieve allocative efficiency.
Why do exports increase or reduce the instability of demand for farm products? Explain.
How does social regulation differ from industrial regulation? What types of benefits and costs are associated with social regulation?
What types of industries, if any, should be subjected to industrial regulation? What specific problems does industrial regulation entail?
What was the main antitrust issue in the DuPont cellophane case? In what major way do the Microsoft and Standard Oil cases differ?
Describe the major provisions of the Sherman and Clayton acts. What government entities are responsible for enforcing those laws?
Compare the new percentages with the previous ones. What can you conclude from the comparison?
Explain how a Federally funded project might be wasteful from a national perspective, yet still be highly beneficial for a specific city or state
Which sectors, if any, experienced losses? What are the implications of the profit changes for expansion or contraction of the particular industries?
Describe Thomas Malthus' theory of human reproduction. Does it make sense for some species-say bacteria or rabbits? What do you think makes humans different?
An appropriate descriptionand discussion of the current state of the Australian economy as reflected by the four economic indicators- economic growth.
Leveraging technology is a concept that is not going anywhere anytime soon. How does your organization guard against a breach of your personal information?
What is the real GDP growth rate reported here? Why is it lower? What's the difference between current -dollar or nominal GDP and real GDP?
What types of differences exist between men and women in negotiation?
Discuss the role of thought in relation to changes in technology and globalization. Finally, consider the connection between identity and critical thought.