Short Answer
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IN THE NEWS: Super Bowl Economics
Read the News Article and answer
the following questions.
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How might a football coach use economics to improve his game?
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IN THE NEWS: Why You Should Study Economics
Read the News Article and answer
the following questions.
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Write an anecdote to describe how the majority of voters are likely to respond
to a promise by government to spend several millions of dollars on a new job creation program during
a recession. Use the “broken window fallacy” approach for a program that pays unemployed
people to clean garbage along the roadsides.
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For your anecdote in question 1, now explain how an economics major is likely to
respond to the announcement about the new program.
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