Economists often refer to the "natural resource curse," by which they mean that large amounts of natural resources tend to create bad politics because as long as the oil keeps flowing, political leaders don’t need to care much about what goes on in the rest of the country. a. which one of the three factors of production do you think matters most to a leader of a resource-rich country? why? (note: does this explain what you see happening in many resource-rich countries? ) b. which one of the five key institutions do you think matters most to a leader of a resource-rich republic? why? (note: does this explain what you see happening in many resource-rich countries? )

Horace society is planning its annual western fair raceway gala. the gala committee has assembled the following expected costs for the event: dinner (per person) $10 gaming token and program (per person) $2 prize payouts $4,300 tickets and advertising $800 private box suite rental $1,700 lottery licenses $200 the committee members would like to charge $40 per person for the evening’s activities.required: 1. what is the break-even point for the dinner-dance (in terms of the number of persons who must attend)? 2. assume that last year only 200 persons attended the dinner-dance. if the same number attend this year, what price per ticket must be charged in order to break even? 3. refer to the original data ($40 ticket price per person). prepare a cvp graph for the dinner- dance from zero tickets up to 600 tickets sold.