The TXJ Companies, Inc., which operates the T. J. Marx, Mitchells, and GoodHome chains, is the leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the U. S. and worldwide. Presented here are selected recent income statement and balance sheet amounts (dollars in thousands).

Current Year Prior year
Net sales $ 33,183,744 30,944,938
Net income 2,298,234 2,277,658
Average shareholders' equity 4,408,837 4,285,653
Average total assets Current Year 12,187,120 11,239,591 Compute ROA for the current and prior years.

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.