What is the difference between scarcity and shortage?
a. scarcity is temporary while a shortage is permanent.
b. scarcity occurs when goods and services are low because prices are high.
c. shortages are temporary while scarcity always exists because there will always be a greater need for limited resources.
d. a shortage will always exist because when a drought kills crops, those crops are not salvageable, scarcities are temporary.

The platt amendment of 1901 forbade cuba from entering into any treaties that would allow undue foreign involvement in cuban affairs. this law was passed after the spanish-american war to make sure that european nations weren’t going to get involved with cuba. 1, why might the platt amendment be considered ironic? 2, what reasons would the united states have for not wanting european influence in cuba?

Quick using the information in the graph, one might speculate that a) w.w.i created increased job opportunities in the u.s. b) the election of president hoover in 1936 caused unemployment to decline. c) the return of soldiers following w.w.ii caused unemployment to increase in the u.s. d) the new deal programs of president roosevelt created employment opportunities in the u.s.

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.