Question
Why don’t the winners from free trade win the political argument?
Subject
business-economics
Question
Why don’t the winners from free trade win the political argument?
Subject
business-economics
Question
Describe the situation in the market for a good or service that the United States imports.
Subject
business-economics
Question
If a minimum wage for teenagers is set at $7 an hour, a. How many hours do teenagers work and how many hours are unemployed? b. Demand for teenage labor increases by 500 hours a month. What is the wage rate paid
Question
If a minimum wage for teenagers is set at $5 an hour, how many hours do they work and how many hours of teenage labor are unemployed? The table gives the demand and supply schedules of teenage labor.
Subject
business-economics
Read More
Question
Explain the various ways in which a price ceiling on gasoline that is set below the equilibrium price would make buyers and sellers of gasoline better off or worse off. What would happen to total surplus and deadweight loss in this market?
Read More
Question
Draw a graph to illustrate the effects of a price ceiling set below the equilibrium price in the market for gasoline.
As gasoline prices rise, many people are calling for price caps, but price caps generate a distorted reflection of reality,
Question
How does the price cap influence
a. The quantity of gasoline sold and the shortage or surplus of gasoline?
b. The maximum price that someone is willing to pay for the last gallon of gasoline available on a black market?
Read More
Question
On December 31, 1776, Rhode Island established wage controls to limit wages to 70¢ a day for carpenters and 42¢ a day for tailors.
a. Are these wage controls a price ceiling or a price floor? Why might they have been
Question
“The high price of gasoline is hurting our economy,” said Mark Kirsch, a trucker, who organized a rally in Washington. “It’s hurting middleclass people.”
Explain to truck drivers why a cap on the price of gasoline would hurt middle-class people more