Nick wants to buy a box of crackers for $1.75. Cracker producers want to sell their product for $1.25. When Nick gets to the store, he finds that the crackers he wants to buy are marked $1.68. What is the total surplus generated from this transaction?

Herman is covered by a cafeteria plan by his employer. his adjusted gross income (agi) is $100,000. he paid unreimbursed medical premiums in the amount of $10,500 and he itemizes deductions. what amount will herman be able to deduct for his medical insurance premium expenses?

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

Select the correct text in the passage. which sentences in the given passage explains the limitations of monetary policies? monetary policies - limitationsmonetary policies are set by the central bank to bring about growth in the economy. de can be achieved these policiesw at anden i sca poit would be fair to say that changes in the economy cannot be brought about instantly by monetary po des. monetary policy can only influence not control, economic growththe monetary policy makers do work on sining the perfect balance between demand and supply of money in the economy