Raising the minimum wage

        Raising the minimum wage will also affect the labor costs of businesses. What is going to happen to the prices these businesses charge for their products? And who is going to be most affected by these price changes, those with low incomes...

Opportunity cost

        Think about major purchases you have made in the past. Now that you know about opportunity cost, would that knowledge have affected your decision to make any past purchases? Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No...

Demand curve

          Think about a decision you have to make concerning whether to text and drive. Using economics, explain the factors that have caused your demand curve to text and drive to shift over the past 5 years, and indicate in which direction...

A supply curve

        What does a supply curve illustrate? Other than its own price, what are the determinants of the supply of a commodity. What would make a supply curve shift to the right? Imagine that the market for orange juice is in equilibrium at a price...