During 2020, Inez (a single taxpayer) had the following transactions involving capital assets: Gain on the sale of unimproved land (held as an investment for 3 years) $6,000 Loss on the sale of a camper (purchased 2 years ago and used for family vacations) (5,000) Gain on the sale of ADM stock (purchased 9 months ago as an investment) 2,450 Gain on the sale of a fishing boat and trailer (acquired 18 months ago at an auction and used for recreational purposes) 1,000 a. Indicate the tax treatment for each item. Gain on the sale of unimproved land Long-term capital gain Loss on the sale of a camper Not deductible Gain on the sale of ADM stock Long-term capital gain Gain on the sale of a fishing boat and trailer Not taxable Overall, Inez has a long-term capital loss of $fill in the blank 2d8bca038fd007f_6 and ordinary income of $fill in the blank 2d8bca038fd007f_8 . b. If Inez has taxable income (including the property transactions) of $188,450, what is the income tax regarding these transactions

What preforms the best over the long term? a) bonds b) mutual funds c) stocks d) certificate of deposit

Suppose that: 1. malaysia requires 1 hour of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 2. indonesia requires 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 4 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 3. each country has 10,000 hours of labor to allocate between the production of rice and pencils; and 4. in autarky, malaysia consumes 5,000 pounds of rice and 2,500 pencils. which country has an absolute advantage in rice production? in pencil production? which country has a comparative advantage in rice production? in pencil production? will trade between the two countries be mutually beneficial?

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a. what is the firm’s labor demand function? b. if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c. now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]