Gather data: Choose the USAGE tab. Select each appliance that is used in your house, and estimate its daily usage. (For appliances you use less frequently, such as the clothes dryer, think about how much it is used in a week, and then divide by seven.) Water heaters are on about five hours per day, and refrigerators are on about eight hours per day. Record wattages, your daily usage estimates, and daily energy consumptions for your household in the tables below. Include units.

8. agreement and disagreement among economists suppose that bob, an economist from a university in arizona, and cho, an economist from a public television program, are arguing over saving incentives. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: cho: i think it's safe to say that, in general, the savings rate of households in today's economy is much lower than it really needs to be to sustain an improvement in living standards. bob: i think a switch from the income tax to a consumption tax would bring growth in living standards. cho: you really think households would change their saving behavior enough in response to this to make a difference? because i don't. 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? rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing. immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes. having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.