In 2003, the fraudulent accounting practices at , a Houston-based energy company, was the largest of several business scandals of the early 21st century, in which corporate executives inflated company revenues for self-gain and ultimately created widespread distrust of corporate culture, costing investors billions of dollars as well as employees their pensions.

An attorney came to work on a saturday. when he signed in, he was advised by the morning security guard employed by the building management that he must be out of the building by 5 p.m., when it closes. however, he stayed past 5 p.m. to complete a brief that had to be filed on monday morning. at 5: 15 p.m., the afternoon security guard set the locks on all the doors of the building and left. because she was in a hurry, she did not check the sign-in sheet to make sure that everyone had signed out, contrary to mandatory procedures. when the attorney tried to exit 15 minutes later, he discovered that the doors were all locked and could not be opened from the inside. he used his cell phone to call for , and a supervisor from the building arrived and let him out shortly thereafter. if the attorney sues the building management for false imprisonment, is he likely to win?

True or false: suppose that the hypothetical country of paddyland has a chronic scarcity of rice, its staple grain. this implies that if paddyland has a market economy, rice will be available only for a price.

The is created by a number of institutions and arrangements that allow the suppliers and demanders of longminus−term funds to make transactions.