PART I. 15 short-answer based questions ½ page. Define‚ get examples and write answer. If there are 2 sides to a question‚ mention them. 1. Define feminism and describe how this perspective is useful for sociologists. Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining‚ establishing‚ and defending equal political‚ economic‚ and social rights for women. In addition‚ feminism seeks to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist is "an
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An Economist ’s Perspective He was sent to Oxford by the age of twelve‚ to study law as his father did. In 1748 Jeremy Bentham was born to a London attorney and his wife. However‚ Bentham ’s attention turned to law reform while at college and was opposed to practicing law (The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics‚ 2008). His interests became devoted to studying and writing‚ many times spending several hours a day writing. Even though Bentham wrote a great deal in his lifespan‚ several of his works
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To be honest‚ I never really have put much thought into the environment and how every little thing we do affects it in some way. Coming in to college and taking my environmental biology class and now watching the documentary in this class has opened my eyes to some realities about the world we live in today‚ such as‚ half of the forests that originally covered 46% of the Earth’s land surface are gone. Only one-fifth of the Earth’s original forests remain pristine and undisturbed. Furthermore 60%
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Written Assignment 2 Answer all of the following questions. Title your assignment "Written Assignment 2‚" unless your mentor directs otherwise. This assignment covers text chapters 7 through 12. 1. Name two types of market failure. Explain why each may cause market outcomes to be inefficient. 2. What happens to consumer and producer surplus when the sale of a good is taxed? How does the change in consumer and producer surplus compare to the tax revenue? 3. How do the elasticities of supply and
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QD = fðP‚ PS‚ PC‚ Y‚ A‚ AC‚ N‚ CP‚ PE‚ TA‚ T=S …Þ [2.1] where QD = quantity demanded of (e.g.‚ Toyota Prius or Chevy Volt) P = price of the good or service (the auto) PS = price of substitute goods or services (e.g.‚ the popular gasoline-powered Honda Accord or Chevy Malibu) PC = price of complementary goods or services (replacement batteries) Y = income of consumers A = advertising and promotion expenditures by Toyota‚ Honda‚ and General Motors (GM) AC = competitors’ advertising and promotion
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Case Study Ecotourism Sarawak Malaysia Tourism is the fastest growing industries in the world‚ employing over 120 million people. LEDC’s use tourism as an aid to develop their country. While tourism can bring huge advantages such as employment‚ improvements to the infrastructure of the country it has to be able to balance this with the disadvantages tourism brings. Too much tourism can result in the harm to natural environment and mass tourism can result in the loss of local cultures and traditions
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1) Identify the change in total revenue (the marginal revenue) from the fourth shirt per day. What price reduction was necessary to sell four rather than three shirts? Marginal revenue for the fourth shirt is $41 even though it price is $44. Price reduction is $1 which is from $45 to $44. 2) What is the change in total revenue from lowering the price to sell seven rather than six shirts in each color each day? The change in total revenue from selling seventh shirts rather than sixth shirts is
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Case Example Delhi Metro Case Problem • MD of Delhi Metro worried as Projected revenues were Rs 674.5 million below the projected costs for next year • Rs 200 million promise from State • A shortfall of Rs 474.5 million • Another possible source of fund – City funds Delhi‚ Noida and Gurgaon- But unlikely due to problems in city Budget • How to solve his pending budget crisis? Case Problem (continue………) • Mr. Sreedharan glanced through a Business magazine while his thoughts travel in the
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FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY Nicanor Reyes Street‚ Sampaloc Manila City‚ 1008 Metro Manila In Partial Fulfillment in Introduction to Economics Present: An Economic Analysis Submitted by : Gladys Socia Jen Chua Lei Ureta Nicole Yu Jihad Taha Aaron Ogad Christian Vinas Charles Oroceo Nicka Casssandra Jerao Abbygale Evangelista Michaela Ronquillo Abigail Tiongson Submitted To: Dr. Darwin Bonifacio Professor Date Submitted : ______________________ I. Problem: Import-Export
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