A student looking at the timeline for a student loan on page 60 of the text makes the following observation: The text states that the interest rate on the loan is 9%, but this calculation is obviously wrong. Each monthly payment is $ 127, so the student will be paying back $ 127 times 12 equals $ 1 comma 524 per year. Therefore, because the principal of the loan is $10,000, the interest rate must be StartFraction $1,524/$10,000 = 0.1524 or 15.24 % . The above student statement is:

Brian has just finished college. he wants to set up a small business to make and sell fireworks. he registers his company and acquires a license from the government. he finds that most of his competitors are selling fireworks at an extremely low price. he would like to make more money, so he decides to innovate and develop better fireworks. he sells his fireworks at a higher price, and they are a huge hit with the customers. after a few years, he earns enough profit to set up a bigger fireworks factory that complies with the government’s health and safety regulations. he even starts exporting fireworks overseas. which type of economy does this scenario describe?