Alana, the owner of a small dress-making establishment called Mantua Fab, decides to hire assistants for design, sewing, and other tailoring jobs. Alana signs a contract with Minerva Inc., a company which employs dress designers and tailors for an annual fee. She makes an arrangement to pay the employees of Minerva both a fixed amount and an annual fee for finishing Mantua's projects of dress-making for a period of two years. This is an example of: Group of answer choices

Consider the following scenarios. use what you have learned to decide if the goods and services being provided are individual, public, or merit goods. for each case, state what kind of good has been described and explain your answer using the definitions of individual, public, and merit goods. (6 points each) 1. from your window, you can see a city block that's on fire. you watch city firefighters rescue people and battle the flames to save the buildings. 2. while visiting relatives, you learn that your cousins attend a nearby elementary school that is supported financially by local property tax revenue. 3. you see a squadron of military jets flying overhead. 4. you find out that your aunt works for a defense manufacturing company that has several defense contracts with the government. she tells you that she works for a team that is producing a communications satellite. 5. your class visits a local jail run by a private, profit-making company that detains county criminals and is paid with tax revenue.

What impact might an economic downturn have on a borrower’s fixed-rate mortgage? a. it might cause a borrower’s payments to go up. b. it might cause a borrower’s payments to go down. c. it has no impact because a fixed-rate mortgage cannot change. d. it has no impact because the economy does not affect interest rates.

An economic theory that calls for workers to take control of factories is .