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1.

C

2.

False. Entrepreneurs are usually motivated by the hope of profit.

3.

B

4.

A

5.

False. Caveat emptor means the buyer is principally responsible for purchase decisions, not the seller.

6.

False. Research studies indicate that children are the least-discerning audience for much advertising content.

7.

A

8.

True

9.

Arguably, yes. Residences and businesses in these catastrophe-prone areas certainly would benefit from coverage. The difficulty comes in paying for it; it can be very expensive given the potential for cataclysmic loss. So an apparatus that would combine payment on the part of the insured but supplemented with tax subsidies might be most fair.

10.

Very. Though it is essentially illegal everywhere, traces of it remain.

11.

Statistically, this makes sense, but it often plays out unfairly for those insured individuals who absolutely do not contribute to the higher incidence of claims in certain areas. For example, suppose you are a very safe driver in a neighborhood of dangerous drivers. Your premiums for auto insurance will reflect not so much your own safety record as the overall rate of claims in your community.

12.

False. British merchant shippers began insuring themselves against loss of their cargos in the seventeenth century.

13.

True

14.

False. Employer-sponsored wellness programs carry some risk of invasion of worker privacy.

15.

False. Most European countries have single-payer health care systems.

16.

A

17.

D

18.

Yes, such a case could be made, particularly if the company is providing health coverage for its employees, because the cost of this coverage to the employer is driven by the number of health claims made against it by workers. Furthermore, absenteeism reflects the health of employees, and their actions off the job help determine this. Conversely, permitting employers to stipulate worker behavior when not on the clock places great oversight in the hands of management and reduces individual autonomy significantly.

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