The College Textbook Price Predicament New college textbooks can easily cost 200 dollars‚ some even as much as 400(Senack‚ 4). Reports indicate that the price of textbooks have risen at twice the rate of inflation over the last twenty years (Emrey-Arras‚ 10). According to an article from Targeted News Service‚ college students are spending on average $1‚200 a year on books and supplies. College textbooks are assigned to students to buy by professors teaching a course‚ making them mandatory course
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The Question of Minimum Wage and Price Floors Recent events in Washington have once again raised the question of if and by how much minimum wage should be raised. The question of minimum wage is primarily one debated by economists‚ who really benefits by raising the minimum wage? Minimum wage is an example of a government intervention in order to redistribute wealth through the use of a price floor. A price floor is the legal limit on how low a price may be set for a good. In the case of minimum
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comparing the 3 selected sites. Use formulas to have Excel calculate the profits for all 3 ticket prices and the number of spectators required to Break-Even for the most profitable location as calculated by Excel. 2. Create a graph of your spreadsheet comparing the profits for the 3 selected ticket prices. 3. Write a Word document (1 to 2 pages) “selling” your new solution. You can explain what problems could arise with the “old” manual way of calculating the above‚ give a brief explanation
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next to someone that might have paid half the price that they did‚ or even one third of the price for the same airplane ticket. However‚ to what extent it is a result of targeted price discrimination or simply demand and supply‚ is a question worth investigating. Price discrimination is “the action of selling the same product at different prices to different buyers‚ in order to maximize sales and profits” (Blink and Dorton 2012‚ pg.133). In order to price discriminate certain requirements must exist
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Elopement goes with a huge price I could still recall that when I was still a little child I would always admire the hero and heroine eloping together from their unreasoning families. I was filled with the admiration for their bravery to challenge the social ideas and defend their romantic love. Such stories always end up with”They lived happily together ever after” in my naïve mind. However‚ after reading My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather and Shangshi by Lu Xun‚ I started to reflect on the real sense
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Gas Prices Work Image Gallery: Hybrid Cars Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images High gas prices can make you stop and think about your commute. See hybrid car pictures to see models that save you money.In May 2008‚ average gas prices in the United States approached‚ and in some places passed‚ $4.00 a gallon‚ shattering records. But this was nothing new to American consumers. May was a month of records that broke one after another‚ and that came on the heels of months of rising prices. And
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Consumer Price index- has absolutely no impact on prices‚ it will not change prices! Possible reasons for it to be inaccurate: 1) New products and technology- tendency to lag the advantage of a new technology. By the time they start incorporation the price it is already cheaper‚ but they use the higher price. This can cause a problem. 2) Quality of products changes- You may be getting more for your money. This can be a negative thing to because you could end up paying for things
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with the gas prices on a sign sitting in front of it. The gas sign said that the price for regular was "an arm"‚ the price for plus was "a leg" and the price for premium was a "first born". As I marveled over what Photoshop can do‚ I began to think about these high gas prices and what is causing them. Everyone talks about‚ complains about‚ and jokes about the high gas prices‚ but no one does anything about them. Many people told me what they thought was causing the high gas prices‚ but I was always
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Carl Hart’s memoir‚ High Price‚ offers insight on the influences of drugs and society and how the myths we falsely rely on are incorrect. Through his scientific research and findings and the community that he was raised in‚ Hart is able to debunk the common misconceptions that are related to drugs. The journey that reader’s go on through Hart’s life story offers insight on how culture‚ racism‚ and other social factors influence the way we see drugs today. High Price displays to readers that there
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Petrochemicals prices climb 2% in December on tight supplies LONDON‚ January 9‚ 2013 - Prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market climbed 2% to $1‚350 per metric ton (/mt) in December‚ according to the just-released monthly average of the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI)‚ a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals. This follows a drop of 2% in November. But on a year-over-year basis‚ petrochemical prices were up 16% from the December 2011 average price of $1‚161/mt
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