At the height of the housing crisis in the US, in 2009-2010 the Government decided for a temporary extension of unemployment benefits to 99 weeks, from the standard six months. (In parallel way, during this Corona time, millions of unemployed seek the same kind of benefits. ) Required:
a. What do you think of this decision? What are the positive and negative impacts of this decision to the society and the overall economy?
b. How would J. M. Keynes react to this extension?
c. How would a Classical Economist say about it?
d. Along with the Unemployment Benefits, during the Corona time, as well as previous recessions, the Government poured in billions dollars to stimulate the economy through various programs (to individual taxpayers as well as small, medium, and large businesses). Some worry about the future consequence, such as Inflation. According to you, how does the increase in government spending on those programs might or might not have effect on Inflation?

Suppose that fizzo and pop hop are the only two firms that sell orange soda. the following payoff matrix shows the profit (in millions of dollars) each company will earn depending on whether or not it advertises: pop hopadvertise doesn’t advertisefizzo advertise 10, 10 18, 2doesn’t advertise 2, 18 11, 11for example, the upper right cell shows that if fizzo advertises and pop hop doesn't advertise, fizzo will make a profit of $18 million, and pop hop will make a profit of $2 million. assume this is a simultaneous game and that fizzo and pop hop are both profit-maximizing firms.if fizzo decides to advertise, it will earn a profit if pop hop advertises and a profit if pop hop does not advertise.if fizzo decides not to advertise, it will earn a profit if pop hop advertises and a profit if pop hop does not advertise.if pop hop advertises, fizzo makes a higher profit if it chooses (not to advertise, to .if pop hop doesn't advertise, fizzo makes a higher profit if it chooses (not to advertise, to . suppose that both firms start off not advertising. if the firms act independently, what strategies will they end up choosing? fizzo will choose to advertise and pop hop will choose not to advertise.both firms will choose to advertise.fizzo will choose not to advertise and pop hop will choose to advertise.both firms will choose not to advertise.again, suppose that both firms start off not advertising. if the firms decide to collude, what strategies will they end up choosing? fizzo will choose not to advertise and pop hop will choose to advertise.both firms will choose not to advertise.fizzo will choose to advertise and pop hop will choose not to advertise.both firms will choose to advertise.