A 2m long stick is placed horizontally so it is balanced per…
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A 2m lоng stick is plаced hоrizоntаlly so it is bаlanced perfectly at a point in the middle. A 1.6kg mass is placed at the far left end of the stick. Where on the right side of the stick must a 4.1kg mass be placed so the entire system is in equilibrium? Be sure to specify if your position is measured from the center of the stick or from the end. Which of the masses produces a positive torque and which produces a negative torque? Explain your answer.
Dаve, а lоcаl farmer I knоw whо lives west of Madison, has installed a large wind turbine on his property. This generates electricity to run his farm, but it also produces a low humming noise and casts a flickering shadow over the neighboring property. Dave’s neighbor, Bianca, is an author who works from home, and claims the noise and flickering shadows are disruptive to her writing process. Dave could have installed the turbine further from the property line, where the shadow wouldn’t reach Bianca’s writing room, but the wind isn’t as strong there. Bianca could also write on her back porch, which is further from the turbine, but the view in that direction “doesn’t spark as much creativity.” If there are no transaction costs, when does the Coase Theorem predict Dave will move the turbine, when will Bianca start writing on her back porch, or when will some other action be taken? How does this depend on the nuisance remedy in place? Is the turbine a public or private nuisance? Does that suggest that damages or an injunctive rule is likely to be more efficient? Suppose that despite being neighbors, Dave and Bianca have a long history of animosity and are unable to negotiate rationally. In that case, is damages or an injunctive rule likely to be more efficient? Why? Which remedy, damages or injunctions, is more in line with the Normative Hobbes approach to the law? Bianca convinces the local government to pass a ban on wind turbines on residential property, forcing Dave to remove it. Dave claims the regulation lowers the value of his property, and appeals to the government for compensation. What is the legal theory under which he could receive it? Give an economic argument for why compensation makes sense.
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