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Chapter 1
1. Why are economists so concerned about the material aspects of life?
2. What would you take into account when you collected data to compare women’s salaries versus men’s salaries?
3. Does it further the public interest (and the interests of women workers specifically) to propagate normative statements about wage inequality based on statistics without taking account of all relevant factors?
Chapter 2
4. Why do some of the brightest students not get a 4.0 GPA?
Chapter 3
5. What are some goods that college students might buy today but will give up when they enter the workforce after graduation?
6.. Because computers are cheaper and more abundantly available now than a decade ago, doesn’t this mean the supply curve for computers is downward sloping?
7. Because the average price of a car has increased substantially over the last 30 years, and the number of cars owned has risen faster than the population, doesn’t this mean that the demand curve for cars is upward sloping?
Chapter 4
8. How inelastic is the gasoline demand and how inelastic is the supply? How might this explain sharp price fluctuations in the gasoline market?
Chapter 5
9. Do price controls help following a natural disaster or emergency?
10. The big tradeoff: How can economic analysis make us more informed citizen voters?
11. Do “liberals” care more about fairness than “conservatives”?
Chapter 6
12. Do rent controls improve the quality of life for university students?
13. Will raising the minimum wage help or hurt those who need help the most?
14. How are taxes related to tax revenues
