Useful Links
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Student Textbook Companion Web Site user=demand pwd=supply
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Saving School Money - enter your ideas here in Google Docs Spreadsheets
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CBS Video 'Last U.S. Soldier in North Korea' - watch and listen with headphones, answer worksheet questions
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Chapter PowerPoint Presentations (coming soon!)
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Annenberg Economics Videos: Economics U$A - Watch #19 : Monopoly: Who's In Control by clicking on the 'VOD' icon next to the description for #19. Complete the worksheet handed out in class. Hand in to Ms. Wagemaker when you are done.
Assignments
Supply Curves and Elasticity of Supply Spreadsheet Template
Support a Better Bottle Bill
Read the following article from The Hartford Courant
http://www.bottlebill.org/news/articles/2007/CT-SupportABetterBB-ed.htm
Answer the following questions using complete sentences and proper grammar:
1. The article mentions companies such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi and retailers as opposed to the bottle bill. Describe 2 other groups or businesses that might be also be opposed to expanding the bottle bill to non-carbonated beverages. Be sure to explain why they would be opposed.
2. Give 2 recommendations for increasing the number of people (supply) that actually return carbonated beverage containers today.
3. Explain how consumption habits of carbonated beverages, such as soda, are different from consumption habits of non-carbonated beverages, such as juices or water.
4. Current redemption rates of 5-cents have resulted in annual bottle returns of 700 million per year. Raising the redemption per can to 10-cents would result in approximately 800 million bottles per year. Is the elasticity of supply elastic, inelastic or unit elastic? Explain your answer.
Test/Quizzes
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