This paper considers Google’s creation of investment value through its focus on technological advances that lead to job creation. By creating innovations that result in increased employment, Google contributes to macroeconomic expansion while increasing the long-term demand for its own stock....

The authors describe two classroom exercises that can be used to reinforce undergraduate students' understanding of (1) production and cost concepts and (2) the concept of economic scarcity. In the first exercise, students use their experience in producing 'widgets' in a single variable input...