Web Activity 1

The New York Times offers discount pricing plans depending on how one receives the newspaper and whether or not the subscriber is affiliated with a college. Go to www.nytimes.com and click "Subscribe Digital." Find the price discount given to college students. How big is the discount? Is this price discrimination? Why or why not?

Web Activity 2

Alfred Marshall added much mathematical rigor to economics. He also wrote a popular economics textbook in 1890 entitled "Principles of Economics." You can find more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Marshall.

1. When did Marshall write?
2. In addition to "consumer surplus" and "producer surplus," what other ideas did Marshall add to economics?