Discussion:
1. Why does rent control result in a shortage of rental units.
2. How does price elasticity of demand affect how much of a tax is passed on to the consumer and how much is absorbed by the seller. Show the effect with graphs.
3. Why can monopolistic firms make economic profit in the short run bot not in the long run. Explain and show graphically.
4. Your brother-in-law wants to borrow $1000 from you but he has a fit when you tell him he will have to pay you the same interest on the loan that the bank gives you. Are you justified? Why or Why not?
5. During the 1930s Jewish fighters dominated boxing. From the around 1975 until the present, blacks have dominated basketball. Explain the cause(s) underlying these two situations.