Choose one of the scenarios below and write a three-paragraph essay describing its effect on prices for food, housing, and oil. Remember that the future is always uncertain, so there's no right answer. Make your best guess as to what might happen in each case based on the economic concepts you've learned so far. Pay particular attention to how consumer demand would change and how the event would affect production costs and the business cycle. (30 points) a. The president signs a free-trade agreement between the United States and Brazil. b. The Federal Reserve chairman says that the central bank will raise interest rates. c. The Environmental Protection Agency relaxes environmental rules on timber production.

Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "that spot" by jack london? i don’t think much of stephen mackaye any more, though i used to swear by him. i know that in those days i loved him more than my own brother. if ever i meet stephen mackaye again, i shall not be responsible for my actions. it passes beyond me that a man with whom i shared food and blanket, and with whom i mushed over the chilcoot trail, should turn out the way he did. i always sized steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. i shall never trust my judgment in men again. why, i nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the stewart; and he saved my life on the little salmon. and now, after the years we were together, all i can say of stephen mackaye is that he is the meanest man i ever knew. a. excited b. ironic c. indignant d. playful