Ed, a businessperson, is a friend of fran, the owner of a good bean coffee & bagels store. every day, ed spends five minutes in fran’s store, looking at the goods and usually buying one or two cinnamon buns or bagels. one afternoon, ed goes into the store, looks at the items, and picks up a $1 chocolate brownie. ed waves the brownie at fran without saying a word and walks out. is there a contract? if so, how would it be classified in terms of formation, performance, and enforceability?

The market demand curve for a popular teen magazine is given by q = 80 - 10p where p is the magazine price in dollars per issue and q is the weekly magazine circulation in units of 10,000. if the circulation is 400,000 per week at the current price, what is the consumer surplus for a teen reader with maximum willingness to pay of $3 per issue?

Suppose a country's productivity last year was 84. if this country's productivity growth rate of 5 percent is to be maintained, this means that this year's productivity will have to be:

Peppy knows a lot about marketing, but not much about the legal or financial aspects of starting a new business. he wants to consult with a lawyer and accountant, but his budget is tight with all of the expenses involved in getting peppy's pizzazzeria up and running. peppy should: trust his basic instincts and try to put it together without the advice of lawyers and accountants. delay talking with a lawyer and accountant until the business has established a positive cash flow for at least one year. immediately hire full-time lawyers and accountants for his staff. consult with a lawyer and accountant even though the budget is tight.