. . . the unskilled market will have a much "flatter" demand curve.

The reason the low-skill demand curve is a lot flatter is that high skill labor can easily substitute for low-skill labor, but not the other way around.

(Surgeons can become leaf rakers, but leaf rakers can't become surgeons.)

Large disenfranchised populations leading to weaker social safety nets for everyone.

disenfranchised: deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"

T/F Most economists agree that the phenomenon of adverse selection is present in health insurance markets.

adverse selection: The process by which the price and quantity of goods or services in a given market is altered due to one party having information that the other party cannot have at reasonable cost

Approximately what percent of Americans have health insurance through Medicaid?

medicaid: United States health program for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments, and is managed by the states.

Approximately what percent of Americans have health insurance through the Medicare system?

medicare: health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over

False:

1)  Copyright attaches to the work the moment it's created.

2)  You don't have to apply to have your work covered by copyright.

3)  You don't have to put that little symbol © on a work to have it be copyrighted.

4)  BUT… If you're creating a work while operating in the capacity of an employee, then your employer may own the copyright.

False:

Patents issued in the U.S. may apply only in the U.S.

False:

Ideas by themselves are not patentable.  You must have an invention, not just the idea for one in order to get a patent.

. . . it allows you to file a lawsuit against infringement.

infringement: The use of a work or a part of a work without permission, or the improper use of another's trademark or a confusingly similar mark that creates the appearance of an affiliation with or actually being the other product or service.

. . . of the safe harbor provision of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).

:If a service provider qualifies for the safe harbor exemption, only the individual infringing customer are liable for monetary damages; the service provider's network through which they engaged in the alleged activities is not liable.

. . . using a copy machine to make and produce copies of a book is not fair use.

Fair Use: "If the use of the work furthers progress in the sciences and the arts (i.e., if it promotes learning, knowledge, and the public good) and if its use will do relatively little harm to the aurthor's property rights, then it is not necessary to get the author's permission to use the work."

False: ...

You need to weigh four factors, and judge whether the use is fair:
1)  Purpose and character of the use – use for teaching in a non-profit institution weighs in favor of fair use.
2)  Nature of the work – If the work is published, fact based, or out of print, that weighs in favor of fair use.
3)  Amount used – using small portions weighs in favor of fair use.
4)  Market effect – Use is more likely to be fair if there's no effect on the market value of the work being used.

False: ...

While saturated fats raise both types of blood cholesterol—the bad LDL and good HDL—trans fats raise the bad and lower the good. A double whammy to your heart. They also make blood platelets stickier and more likely to form clots.

True

It's against the law in the U.S. to sell organs – they must be voluntarily donated under a system of informed consent, and other protocols.

Bone and tissue, on the other hand, can be bought and sold within a system of informed consent, and other protocols involving things like testing tissue samples for disease.