Suppose that Edison, an economist from a university in Arizona, and Hilary, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over government bailouts. The following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: Hilary: Thanks to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. Edison: Indeed, it's gotten crazy! A government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. Hilary: I don't know about that. Without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. The disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in values . Despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? Minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than help them. Lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. Tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

Prior to its closing, income summary had total debits of $1,190,500 and total credits of $1,476,300. what purpose is served by the income summary account and what is the nature of the entries that resulted in the $1,190,500 and the $1,476,300? the income summary account is used to the accounts. the $1,190,500 represents the , and the $1,476,300 represents . the company had of $ .

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

Table 1. shows the expected demand for the dvd at different suggested donation levels, and they can act as a single-price monopolist if they choose to. thereceipts will be used to fund gstcg supplies for their data collection and conservation work. at the end of each sea turtle nesting season, any excess funds are donated by the gstcg to a local non-profit sea turtle research and rehabilitation facility. table 1 suggested anticipated total marginal profit donation per number of dvd revenue revenue dvd request requests $19.00 0 $15.00 2 $9.50 4 $7.75 10 $3.00 15 $0.00 20 a. complete table 1 by computing the total revenue, marginal revenue, and profit columns. b. the president wants the gstcg to provide videos to generate the most possible donations (total revenue). what price, if any, is the president of the gstcg favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. c. the education outreach committee wants the gstcg to provide videos to the highest possible number of people. what price, if any, is the educational outreach committee favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. d. the treasurer of the gstcg wants the dvd program to be as efficient as possible so that the marginal revenue equals marginal cost. what price, if any, is the treasurer favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. e. the fundraising committee wants the dvd program to generate as much profit in donations as possible. what price, if any, is the fundraising committee favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer.