1. Write one of your long term goals 2. Think about the tasks you will need to accomplish before you achieve your goal
3. Work backwards from your long-term goal, and identify the medium-range and
short term goals that will help you reach it. If it works better for you, start at the
bottom and work up to your long-range goal.

Cooperation among oligopolies runs counter to the public interest because it leads to underproduction and high prices. in an effort to bring resource allocation closer to the social optimum, public officials attempt to force oligopolies to compete instead of cooperating. consider the following scenario: suppose that the presidents of two auto manufacturing companies exchange text messages in which they discuss jointly raising prices on their new lines of hybrid suvs. this illegal communication would violate which of the following laws? the sherman antitrust act of 1890 the robinson–patman act of 1936 the celler–kefauver act of 1950 the clayton act of 1914