Discretionary fiscal policy is best described as: a. an automatic change in income transfer payments to keep the economy at full employment.
b. a deliberate attempt to improve the functioning of free markets.
c. the design of a tax system that automatically stabilizes economic activity over time.
d. a deliberate attempt to cause the economy to move to full employment and price stability more quickly than it might otherwise.

Technology corp. is considering a $238,160 investment in a new marketing campaign that it anticipates will provide annual cash flows of $52,000 for the next five years. the firm has a 6% cost of capital. what should the analysis indicate to the firm's managers?

Afarmer sells $25,000 worth of apples to individuals who take them home to eat, $50,000 worth of apples to a company that uses them all to produce cider, and $75,000 worth of apples to a grocery store that will sell them to households. how much of the farmer's sales will be included as apples in gdp? question 7 options:

Ivan, a russian fishermen, needs a permit so that he can commercially participate in ice fishing for yellow perch and then the consequent sales. garet is an undergraduate student who has to work at mcdonald\'s part time to pay his tuition loans. always looking on the bright side of things, he is that he can\'t make less than what he is earning, $7.25 an hour. d\'artagnan, a poor french noblemen, discovers a large cache of truffles in his backyard. however, the government caps the sale of truffles at $100 a pound, which frustrates d\'artagnan as he knows they are worth more than that. athos is an avid collector of swords, but as they are illegal to purchase, he goes by illicit means to obtain them. to out irish farmers, the government sets the minimum price of potatoes at $26 a bushel. in order to support domestic sales of textiles, the country of germany puts a cap on the amount of foreign textiles it imports.