Temperatures have persisted below freezing levels in Florida…

Temperatures have persisted below freezing levels in Florida throughout the months of December and January. As a result, demand for electricity sharply increased and the price of electricity rose sharply. The price of coal also rose. In these circumstances, any resulting shifts in the supply curves for coal miners and electricity producers

 I’MABigCorp. produces and sells kitchen wares. Last year, i…

 I’MABigCorp. produces and sells kitchen wares. Last year, it produced 7,000 can openers and sold each one for $6. To produce the 7,000 can openers, the company incurred variable costs of $28,000 and a total cost of $45,000.  I’MABIGCorp.’s average fixed cost to produce the 7,000 can openers was

The government wants to make medicare benefits available to…

The government wants to make medicare benefits available to more people, but to achieve this goal, it needs to make cuts in the existing medicare budget. The two areas where they are considering cuts are non-essential elective surgery and 6-12 month mental health care programs.   Applying the concept of diminishing marginal utility, the budget cuts should be made for spending on: