13. Consider the following game between two early settlers in the United States:
    

1. Which player has dominant strategy?

What is (are) equilibrium outcome(s) of the game?                                                        

• Do you think the United States’ process of electing leaders is superior? Why or why not?
• Certain positions in this Athenian democracy were more like a “meritocracy,” where elected officials are not elected but chosen based on their qualifications. Do you believe this system of meritocracy would work well to distribute scarce resources? Why or why not?

What kind of public policy do you think the United States should have with respect to business competition? Develop moral arguments to support your answer (i. e., arguments showing that the kinds or policies you favor will advance the public welfare, or secure certain important rights, or ensure certain forms of justice).

Apply specific models developed from economics to demonstrate how domestic and foreign events (e.g., wars, changes in trade barriers, development abroad) have impacted the level of and changes in imports and exports in the United States from 2000 - 2010.

Please make sure to relate the answer to the time period of 2000 - 2010 in the US.

Please answer both:

10. When Steven receives unemployment benefits, he and his family benefit directly. Is there any benefit to the rest of the community?

11. The labor force participation rate has fallen in the United States over the past twenty years. Describe two factors that might explain the declining participation rate.

Choose two nontariff trade barriers that you think the United States utilizes and describe who benefits and who loses as a result. Be sure to consider the major stakeholder groups including producers, consumers, and government. In general, why have nontariff trade barriers been so difficult for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to eliminate?

If 2 million people had chronic hepatitis C in the United States last year, and of these 120,000 received treatment that cured them of hepatitis C and 80,000 died. What is the minimum number of new hepatitis C cases that would have to have been reported last year in order for you to conclude that prevalence is increasing?

Compare and contrast the ethical issues identified in the development of the polio vaccine. Does the idea of benefiting the greater good balance out the freedom of choice or protection of the individual? Discuss a similar Public Health topic relevant today in the United States and compare and contrast the ethical issues surrounding it (one page and half prefered answer if possible).

Consider “family security” (providing for loved ones) as a “terminal value” and/or “honest” as a likely “instrumental value. Consider an advertising campaign for citrus juices as an alternative to soft drinks in the United States. What are the implications of Rokeach values for an advertising campaign to increase the consumption of citrus juices over soft drinks? Can these values apply globally?

1. Explain what diabetes is and some of its causes.
2. Describe three myths commonly associated with diabetes and discuss the stereotypes that they perpetuate.
3. Explain the association of the American diet with immigrants to the United States and discuss your thoughts on how diabetes could be better managed in this population (not from the medical aspect, but from the healthcare administration and epidemiological perspective).