1.Evaluate the league rules regarding player movement for one professional sports league. Do the rules appear intended to maintain competitive balance, and would you argue that they work? 2. For one sport or league, evaluate the level of competitive balance. How would you define competitive balance in this context? Do you think that it would […]

The Qatari government is becoming concerned that Qatari national income has come to rely too heavily on the revenue received from the export of Qatari petroleum-based products. Consequently, the government has asked you, as its Chief Economic Advisor, to write an argument for and against Qatari reliance on petroleum-based exports and, importantly, to provide your […]

A. Provide a written assessment of the current state of the U.S. economy. Base your assessment on reputable media sources (e.g., The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, major network news, etc.) as well as data obtained from government websites (e.g., www.bls.gov, www.bea.gov, websites for the Federal Reserve Bank and each […]

Please read the series of articles, starting with Many S&P 500 CEOs Got a Raise in 2018 That Lifted Their Pay to $1 Million a Month by Theo Francis, The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2018. This is an improvement for CEOs compared to 2016 when their pay actually decreased, as you read in the […]

Some politicians, labor unions, and special interest groups argue that US trade deficits are harmful to the economy and nations that run large trade surpluses with the US are benefiting from unfair trade practices and agreements. These parties support increasing tariffs on imports, elimination, or re-writing of trade agreements. Respond to the following in a […]