Suppose the civilian noninstitutionalized working-age population is 35.9 million in in a hypothetical economy. of these, 4.6 million are working part-time and 15.71 million are working full-time. assume the bureau of labor statistics (bls) definitions are used for calculating unemployment data. among those not working, the most recent job-search activity for 3.20 million happened less than two weeks ago, while 1.72 million most recently looked for work between two and four weeks ago. an additional 0.86 million most recently looked for work five weeks ago, and the remaining 9.81 million who do not have jobs have not looked for work in the past six weeks. round your answers to two decimal places. what is laborland's total labor force? what is laborland's labor force participation rate? how many people are unemployed in laborland? what is laborland's unemployment rate?

How does your household gain from specialization and comparative advantage? (what is produced, what is not produced yet paid to a specialist to produce? )

Make or buy eastside company incurs a total cost of $120,000 in producing 10,000 units of a component needed in the assembly of its major product. the component can be purchased from an outside supplier for $11 per unit. a related cost study indicates that the total cost of the component includes fixed costs equal to 50% of the variable costs involved. a. should eastside buy the component if it cannot otherwise use the released capacity? present your answer in the form of differential analysis. use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. cost from outside supplier $answer variable costs avoided by purchasing answer net advantage (disadvantage) to purchase alternative $answer b. what would be your answer to requirement (a) if the released capacity could be used in a project that would generate $50,000 of contribution margin? use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers.

Anew joint command and control system is being developed to meet the strategic information needs of all the military services. the air force is the lead service, but the army and navy have different points of view about what functions the system should perform. which one of the software acquisition best practices would be most relevant in managing this issue as the program office undertakes system development?