The price of a new model of iPod tends to fall significantly a year after it is introduced. Suppose Jane bought an iPod as soon as it was introduced (a year ago) and paid a premium price for it. Now she wants to buy a new iPod cover. Which of the following should she consider before buying the new accessory?

Say a pill existed that made people selfless. After taking it they were only interested in others, not themselves. Under the coordination definition of economics:

Suppose you paid $300 to take this economics course, which meets 30 times for one hour a class during the course of the semester. Instead of attending class you could have either flipped hamburgers for $8 an hour or waited tables for $5 an hour. Given this information, the opportunity cost of attending each class session is:

You bought one share of McDonald’s stock for $10, one share of Coca-Cola for $15, and one share of Pepto-Bismol for $20. Currently, each stock is priced at $15. Assuming that there are no tax issues and that you cannot predict the future price of any of the stocks, if you needed $15, which stock would you sell?

The symbolic interactionist perspective:

An example of a negative informal sanction is:

More than 10,000 people waited in line for more than two hours to see a titan arum (a rare flower) at Cambridge’s Botanic Garden. An economist would conclude that:

_____________________ is the current predominant way of viewing race in America, a belief that if we ignore race and racial issues, then racism will simply go away and no longer exist.

For conflict theorists, the key determinant for social class is:

The current poverty line is based on the minimum dollar amount required to provide the minimum ___________________ necessary to sustain life.