An important economic problem associated with monopolies is that, at the profit-maximizing equilibrium rate of output, resources are:. a. there are no economic problems re monopolies; it's all in your head. b. wasted and firms always charge any price (typically the highest possible) they want. c. underallocated (i. e., not enough is being made) because marginal cost exceeds price. d. underallocated because price exceeds marginal cost. e. overallocated (1.e., too much is being made) because price exceeds marginal cost.

What preforms the best over the long term? a) bonds b) mutual funds c) stocks d) certificate of deposit

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

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