What is a barter system?
what is the principle of supply and demand?
what are tariffs?
how do they impact the economy?
what are the characteristics of a socialist economy?
what are the pros and cons of this type of economy?
what is capitalism?
critical thinking questions how do your financial choices impact the economy?
trace the impact of your financial decisions. what are some of the advantages and disadvantages to a market economy?
how do global factors influence the economy in your country?
what are some of the ways in which the government is involved in the economy?
what are the advantages and disadvantages of governmental involvement?
why are healthy individual finances important to the economy in north america?

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?