Marc and michelle are married and earned salaries this year of $69,200 and $13,950, respectively. in addition to their salaries, they received interest of $350 from municipal bonds and $1,150 from corporate bonds. marc and michelle also paid $3,150 of qualifying moving expenses, and marc paid alimony to a prior spouse in the amount of $2,150. marc and michelle have a 10-year-old son, matthew, who lived with them throughout the entire year. thus, marc and michelle are allowed to claim a $1,000 child tax credit for matthew. marc and michelle paid $7,300 of expenditures that qualify as itemized deductions and they had a total of $6,330 in federal income taxes withheld from their paychecks during the course of the year. (use the tax rate schedules. )

Which of the following best explains why a large company can undersell small retailers? a. large companies can offer workers lower wages because they provide more jobs. b. large companies can pay their employees less because they do unskilled jobs. c. large companies can negotiate better prices with wholesalers. d. large companies have fewer expenses associated with overhead.

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.

If jobs have been undercosted due to underallocation of manufacturing overhead, then cost of goods sold (cogs) is too low and which of the following corrections must be made? a. decrease cogs for double the amount of the underallocation b. increase cogs for double the amount of the underallocation c. decrease cogs for the amount of the underallocation d. increase cogs for the amount of the underallocation