You have responsibility for economic policy in the country of freedonia. recently, the neighboring country of sylvania has cut off all exports of oranges to freedonia. george, who is one of your advisors, says that the best way to avoid a shortage of oranges is to take no action at all. charles, another one of your advisors, argues that without a binding price floor, a shortage will certainly develop. otto, a third advisor, suggests that you should impose a binding price ceiling in order to avoid a shortage of oranges. which of your three advisors is most likely to have studied economics?
a. george
b. charles
c. otto
d. apparently all three advisors have studied economics but their views on positive economics are different.

Consider the market for gas-powered small cars. assume gas-powered small cars are a normal good. for each of the following events, identify which of the determinants of demand or supply are affected. if demand is unaffected by this event because it creates only a supply change, select the “none” option under the “demand determinant” column. similarly, if supply is unaffected by this event because it creates only a demand change, select the “none” option under the “supply determinant” column. event demand determinant supply determinant people decide to have more children. the price of electric small cars falls. the discovery of a new source of iron ore lowers steel prices. an economic recession lowers people’s wealth. a number of major car dealers decide to switch from selling gas-powered cars to selling electric cars. show the effect of the following event on the market for gas-powered small cars: people decide to have more children for each of the four independent situations, prepare the journal entries to record the exchange on the books of each company.