1. Why is marginal analysis important in economics? How do the tutorials Basics of Marginal Analysis and Understanding and Applying Marginal Analysis at the end of this week's lecture reinforce the concepts of marginal analysis? How can any firm find the right production level which guarantees maximum profit (or minimum loss)?
2. Name some of the ways firms attempt to control their costs. How does your firm control costs? The key here in keeping this question interesting is that reducing the workforce or having one person do the work of three people are not the only ways to control costs.