Goods and services that are not sold in markets, such as food produced and consumed at home and some household articles, are generally not included in GDP. How might the absence of these values mislead one when comparing the economic well-being of the United States and India? What other items are not included in GDP and how might their exclusion impact policy?

Based on the supply and demand theory, why do medical doctors earn higher wages than child-care workers?

Identify and describe a variety of performance rating scales that can be used in organizations including graphical scales, letter scales, and numeric scales.

(30 total points) suppose a firm’s production function is given by q = l1/2*k1/2. the marginal product of labor and the marginal product of capital are given by: mpl = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2l k , and mpk = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2k l . a) (12 points) if the price of labor is w = 48, and the price of capital is r = 12, how much labor and capital should the firm hire in order to minimize the cost of production if the firm wants to produce output q = 18?