Jeffery brooks has just landed a job as the produce manager for a large grocery store. the store manager mentioned that last summer a group of students had calculated that the cross elasticity of demand between cantaloupes and water melons to be $1.10. jeffery should know that this meanspeople like cantaloupes 10% more than water melons. people like water melons 110% more than cantaloupes. a 10% increase in the price of cantaloupes will decrease the quantity demanded of water melons by 11%. a $1 increase in the cost of either product will decrease the quantity purchased by 110 units per day. a 10% increase in the price of cantaloupes will increase the quantity demanded of water melons by 11%.

Acme published a story about paul and as a result paul sued acme for damage to his reputation, emotional distress, and punitive damages. paul won an award of $20,000 for damages, $5,500 for emotional distress, and $50,000 for punitive damages. what amount must paul include in his gross income

Your aunt is thinking about opening a hardware store. she estimates that it would cost $300,000 per year to rent the location and buy the stock. in addition, she would have to quit her $45,000 per year job as an accountant. a. define opportunity cost. b. what is your aunt's opportunity cost of running a hardware store for a year? if your aunt thought she could sell $350,000 worth of merchandise in a year, should she open the store? explain.

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.