John maynard keynes described economics as an easy subject at which very few excel. which of the following is not one of the reasons keynes gave for why so few people excel at the study of economics? an economist must also be a mathematician, historian, statesman, and philosopher in some degree an economist must understand symbols and speak in words. an economist must be purposeful and disinterested in a simultaneous mood. an economist must understand environmental science, regulation, and political science question 34 (2 points) when an economist points out that you and millions of other people are interdependent, he or she is referring to the fact that we all rely upon the government to provide us with the basic necessities of life rely upon one another for the goods and services we consume have similar tastes and abilities are concerned about one another's well-being question 35 (2 points) a hor delete brt se c backspace 7 6 5 k g pause l

Suppose general motors demands labor according to the labor demand function 푤푤= 40−0. 5퐸퐸, where 푤푤 is the hourly wage and 퐸퐸 is the number of employees. the united auto workers union has a utility function given by 푈푈=푊푊∗퐸퐸. a. in 1984, the united auto workers union started negotiations with general motors by assuming that they were a monopoly union. find the wage and employment demands that the united auto workers union would have demanded before any bargaining began. b. if general motors and the united auto workers union both had excellent bargaining representatives, would this be the final labor contract? if not, then explain in words and graphically where they would end up after the bargaining process.

Calculate the cost of each capital component—in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). use both the capm method and the dividend growth approach to find the cost of equity. calculate the cost of new stock using the dividend growth approach. what is the cost of new common stock based on the capm? (hint: find the difference between re and rs as determined by the dividend growth approach and then add that difference to the capm value for rs.)assuming that gao will not issue new equity and will continue to use the same target capital structure, what is the company’s wacc? e. suppose gao is evaluating three projects with the following characteristics. each project has a cost of $1 million. they will all be financed using the target mix of long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity. the cost of the common equity for each project should be based on the beta estimated for the project. all equity will come from reinvested earnings. equity invested in project a would have a beta of 0.5 and an expected return of 9.0%.equity invested in project b would have a beta of 1.0 and an expected return of 10.0%.equity invested in project c would have a beta of 2.0 and an expected return of 11.0%.analyze the company’s situation, and explain why each project should be accepted or rejected g

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a weak economy? a. a low employment rateb. a high inflation ratec. a decreased gdpd. a high unemployment rate