Assignment
1. Freedonia's population pyramids for the years 2000 and 2050 are provided below. (Age is represented on the Y-axis, and the population count in hundred-thousands is shown along the X-axis.) Based ONLY on the data provided in the graphics, what can you infer abow the trends in fertility rates in those time periods? At what stage of the demographic transition will Freedonia be in 2050?
2. Is the article about exports of flowers from Colombia (NOT Columbia) consistent with, or contradictory to, the model that Johann von Thunen proposed?
3. People express a preference for solar energy because of its advantages over carbon-based sources of energy. If the US is a market economy that "I, Pencil" essay describes, why then is there a need for government subsidies for solar energy, in contrast to how a pencil "miraculously" appears on store-shelves without any government involvement?