Reflect whether you agree or disagree with the statement below. Furthermore, explain your understanding of the said statement.   "When a man becomes civilized, the more he actually becomes uncivilized

The Tucker family has health insurance coverage that pays 80 percent of out-of-hospital expenses after a deductible of $1,000 per person. If one family member has doctor and prescription medication expenses of $2,200, what amount would the insurance company pay?

Jia is considering whether to go out to dinner at a restaurant with her friend. The meal is expected to cost $40, Jia typically leaves a 20% tip, and an Uber will cost $5 each way. Jia values the restaurant meal at $25. Jia enjoys her friend s company and is willing to pay $30 just to spend an evening with her.

social preferences are not really preferences, and unselfish behavior is really motivated by the desire to follow rules and conventions with respect to what is fair. Is this interpretation correct?

True or false: keeping his maximum willingness to pay for a yacht in mind, Tim will buy the yacht because it will be worth more to him than its market price of $350,000

In experiments in which participants voluntarily contribute to the provision of a public good, we often find a reduction in contributions in successive rounds of the experiment.  We can explain this as Group of answer choices Evidence of participants reaching satiation and not wanting such high levels of the public good. Evidence of participants working out the Nash equilibrium outcome of the voluntary contribution game. Evidence of participants reducing cooperation to punish free riding. Evidence of participants learning how to play the game more effectively.

Suppose an insurance company wants to charge a very healthy individual a premium of $1,200 a year for health coverage. It also wants to charge a less healthy individual a premium of $3,600 a year for health coverage. It is seeking to ascertain from any given customer information regarding his/her health by asking for several pieces of health-related information, such as doctor assessments of the person’s health, history of health-related problems, etc.  The opportunity cost of a very healthy person securing a health report is $250 and the opportunity cost of a less healthy person securing a health report is $650. Of the choices below, how many reports should the company request to best ensure its paying the right premium to the right person? Reconsider the previous health insurance question.  Of the choices below, which one is closest to the spread between the minimum possible number of reports and the maximum possible reports to achieve the company’s desired outcome? Reconsider again…

Juanita is deciding whether to buy a skirt that she wants, as well as where to buy it. Three stores carry the same skirt, but it is more convenient for Juanita to get to some stores than others. For example, she can go to her local store, located 15 minutes away from where she works, and pay a marked-up price of $102 for the skirt:        Store Travel Time Each Way Price of a Skirt (Minutes) (Dollars per skirt) Local Department Store 15 102 Across Town 30 85 Neighboring City 60 76   Juanita makes $42 an hour at work. She has to take time off work to purchase her skirt, so each hour away from work costs her $42 in lost income. Assume that returning to work takes Juanita the same amount of time as getting to a store and that it takes her 30 minutes to shop. As you answer the following questions, ignore the cost of gasoline and depreciation of her car when traveling.

One of the principles of economics is that people respond to incentives. Using this principle, discuss how a tax imposed on people who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 virus affects the national level of vaccination coverage.