Through October​ 2014, the U. S. government administered two programs that affected the market for cigarettes. Media campaigns and labeling​ requirements, which are still in​ place, aim at making the public aware of the health dangers of​ cigarettes, and until 2014 the Department of Agriculture also maintained price supports for tobacco. Under this​ program, the supported price was above the market equilibrium price and the government limited the amount of land that could be devoted to tobacco production. Required:
Were these two programs at odds with the goal of reducing cigarette consumption?

He management's discussion and analysis (md& a) required in general purpose federal financial reporting is different than that required by gasb of state and local governments in that: a. it includes information about the agency's performance goals and results in addition to financial activities. b. it is outside the general purpose federal financial report and is optional, not required. c. it is a part of the basic financial statements and, as a result, it is audited along with the financial statements. d. there are no significant differences.

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)

Why should managers invest any excess cash