A congress woman from a state with several ball-bearing factories explains that it is necessary to impose trade restrictions, such as a tariff, on the ball-bearing industry to protect workers in the domestic ball-bearing industry. The congress woman claims that without trade protection, there will be layoffs, causing many U. S. workers in the ball-bearing industry to become unemployed. Which of the following Justifications is the president using to argue for the trade restriction on ball bearings? a. Unfair-competition argument b. Infant-industry argument c. Jobs argument d. National-security argument e. Using-protection-as-a-bargaining-ch ip argument

Special order carson manufacturing, inc., sells a single product for $36 per unit. at an operating level of 8,000 units, variable costs are $18 per unit and fixed costs $10 per unit. carson has been offered a price of $20 per unit on a special order of 2,000 units by big mart discount stores, which would use its own brand name on the item. if carson accepts the order, material cost will be $3 less per unit than for regular production. however, special stamping equipment costing $4,000 would be needed to process the order; the equipment would then be discarded. assuming that volume remains within the relevant range, prepare an analysis of differential revenue and costs to determine whether carson should accept the special order. use a negative sign with answer to only indicate an income loss from special order; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers.