3.5 Consumer, Producer Surpluses and Deadweight Loss

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4 questions
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Draw a supply and demand curve; color in consumer and producer surpluses.

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Quickly redraw the above but now with dead weight loss due to a price ceiling.

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Quickly redraw the above but now with dead weight loss due to a price floor.

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What is deadweight loss (DWL) and why do economists care?