Shark fin soup is a favorite thai food. when a san francisco–based organization claimed that the leading producer’s soup contained mercury poison, its sales plummeted. the popularity of this soup in thailand represents a(n) factor, while thailand’s lax enforcement of environmental protection and consumer protection regulations are a(n) factor.
a. economic; technological
b. social; technological
c. social; political and legal
d. competitive; economic
e. none of the above

How do communism and socialism differ in terms of the role that government plays in the economy ?

In a chapter 7 bankruptcy, a debtor:

An insurance company estimates the probability of an earthquake in the next year to be 0.0015. the average damage done to a house by an earthquake it estimates to be $90,000. if the company offers earthquake insurance for $150, what is company`s expected value of the policy? hint: think, is it profitable for the insurance company or not? will they gain (positive expected value) or lose (negative expected value)? if the expected value is negative, remember to show "-" sign. no "+" sign needed for the positive expected value