In 2011, a tsunami along the japanese coast damaged nuclear power plants that leaked dangerous radiation into the surrounding population. if this leakage could have been prevented, given a disaster of this level, which answer would be a coasian solution to this externality?
a. the injured demanding compensation through a class-action law suit
b. the government fining the firm which owns the power plants
c. a ban on all future japanese nuclear power plants and the shutdown of existing ones in japan
d. none of these would be a coasian solution.

Hilard and clint are seeing a therapist for their sexual difficulties. their homework assignment this week is to caress each other while communicating what is pleasurable to each of them, and to avoid setting any performance goals. this is called the exercise.

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.

An unsuccessful attempt at cooperation among the colonies was