The assignment is to read the following two essays on comparative advantage and trade, then write a response essay on the topic.

1. The first essay is by the economist Paul Krugman, who is a columnist for the New York Times. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008 for his contributions to trade theory. The Nobel Committee explains,

“Traditional trade theory assumes that countries are different and explains why some countries export agricultural products whereas others export industrial goods. The new theory clarifies why worldwide trade is in fact dominated by countries which not only have similar conditions, but also trade in similar products – for instance, a country such as Sweden that both exports and imports cars. This kind of trade enables specialization and large-scale production, which result in lower prices and a greater diversity of commodities.”

Krugman’s essay is from a book of essays on international economics. The essay is called “Ricardo’s Difficult Idea” and discusses why he believes so few people share the consensus of professional economists on comparative advantage.

Link to the essay: http://web.mit.edu/krugman/www/ricardo.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

2. The second essay is titled “A Petition” by the 19th Century political economist Frederic Bastiat. The essay is sometimes also referred to as “The Candlemaker’s Petition”, and it is a satirical essay that deals with common objections to international trade.

Link to the essay: http://econlib.org/library/Bastiat/basSoph3.html#S.1, Ch.7, A Petition (you may have to copy and paste this link).

The assignment is to write a response to these essays that discusses the following questions:

1) Who was the audience for each essay? How did those audiences differ?

2) Are the arguments presented largely positive or normative? Do the authors tones differ?

3) What positive argument is each author giving in support of open trade? Do they directly address common objections?

Your response should not exceed 2000 words, and should be at least 1250 words.

please post a draft of your rhetorical-genre analysis memo. As you draft your memo, please consider the 5 questions from the assignment sheet as jumping off points, but don’t simply answer the questions in the memo. You’ll want to consider and adhere to the conventions of a professional memo, and begin to consider document design principles as well.

When you post your draft, please include 2 questions about your draft that you want your classmates to address. The questions should focus on big picture issues–structure, organization, details, overall analysis, etc. You might, for example, ask your reviewers to consider places in the memo where they need additional information or support to better understand what you are communicating. Avoid asking reviewers to read for surface-level errors such as spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Your assignment is to implement a simple number guessing game using HTML forms and a CGI script. The HTML page should introduce the game and provide a form for the user to guess a number. When the form is submitted, the target CGI script should check for cookies containing the number to be guessed and the number of guesses so far. If the cookies don’t exist, the script should generate a new number to guess and initialize the guess counter. The script should return an HTML form indicating whether the guess was high, low, or correct. The form should also indicate how many guesses so far, and allow the user to enter another guess. The script should also send the two cookies. When the user has guessed correctly, the script should generate a new value for the number-to-be-guessed cookie and reset the guess counter cookie.

i have uploaded files. u just need to write result, discussion and references parts.

you should use the table like the photo(on the board) i uploaded in the result part.

do not forget Print out the first page of the article and attach to the end of the report for verification of your source in discussion part.

Investing in stocks can be risky. Depending on the amount invested, a person stands to lose or gain a significant amount of money. Because of this, people use various metrics and measures to determine whether or not to invest in a specific stock.

You have been given $5000 to invest in any stock on any stock exchange. Select any stock from any exchange. Using ten different stock prices over the past month, calculate the mean price of the stock, the range of the ten stock prices, and the standard deviation.

Because the standard deviation is a measure of variation, based on the standard deviation explain why or why not you would invest in this particular stock. Should be 250-500 words