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QUESTION 1

Why don't supply restriction programs work well in increasing farm prices and income?

QUESTION 2

GMO-free soybeans cost about $2 per bushel more than GMO soybeans.

a) How many hours does someone have to work to pay that premium ($2) in the United States, where average wages are about $25 per hour?

b) How many hours does someone have to work to pay that premium ($2) in those Africa nations, where average wages are about 25 cents per hour?

c) Are attitudes towards GMO-free crops likely to be different in Africa and the United States?

QUESTION 3

American corn farmers receive billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies each year. These subsidies allow them to sell their grain at prices below what it costs to produce it, particularly for export markets. How do U.S. corn subsidies hurt Mexican farmers?

QUESTION 4

a) How might protective tariffs reduce both the imports and the exports of the nation that levies tariffs?

b) How might the import competition lead to quality improvements and cost reductions by American firms?

QUESTION 5

If it would be cheaper (for the U.S.) to give each steelworker $375,000 per year in cash than impose restrictions on imports of steel, why do we have the import restrictions rather than the cash payments?