Anew startup airline is offering free round-trip tickets to anywhere to the first 600 people who enter the office on the airline's first day of business. you arrive 24 hours before they are scheduled to open to be sure to get the free tickets, and you buy food from vendors while waiting in line. the cost of the tickets to you is:
a. zero.
b. just the cost of food while you wait in line.
c. the cost of food while you wait in line plus the opportunity cost of your time.
d. the actual value of the ticket.
e. the cost of food plus the opportunity cost of your time plus the actual value of the ticket.

Self-interest achieve society’s economic goals because producers know which goods consumers want the most. as consumers and producers exercise their freedom to act in their own self-interest, markets will produce the desired goods at the lowest possible cost. consumers and producers both operate based on society’s economic goals. consumers know which goods can be produced at the lowest cost. there is a wide variety of desired goods and services in a market system because producers determine what to produce. consumers change their minds frequently. there is always a need to produce something new and improved. individual wants are diverse. what is produced is ultimately determined by consumers, because if the goods offered are not what consumers want, consumers will not buy them. producers, because they are driven by profits. producers, because they determine what to produce. consumers, because they participate in marketing surveys.

Which of the following is one of the advantages primarily associated with a performance appraisal? (a) it protects employees against discrimination on the basis of race. (b) it motivates employees to work on their shortcomings. (c) it encourages employees to play the role of the whistle-blower. (d) it accurately measures the resources of the firm.

Only the united states has embassies. true or false