The wilmoths plan to purchase a house but want to determine the after-tax cost of financing its purchase. given their projected taxable income, the wilmoths are in the 24% federal income tax bracket and the 8% state income tax bracket (i. e., an aggregate marginal tax bracket of 32%). assume that the wilmoths will benefit from itemizing their deductions for both federal and state purposes. the total cash outlay during the first year of ownership will be $27,600 ($2,760 principal payments, $24,840 qualified residence interest payments).

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

What do you recommend adam do to increase production in a business setting that does not seem to value high productivity?

Serious question, which is preferred in a business? pp or poopoo?