and sells $400,000 worth of books, magazines, and other reading materials in a given year. She earns a profit of $100,000 that year. Her purchase invoices indicate that she bought $100,000 worth of glue, paper, and other materials during the year. Her labor costs were $150,000, and she purchased $45,000 of new equipment that year. Calculate her tax liability under a 12% consumption-type, value-added tax (Note: Assume for the purposes of this VAT calculation that labor costs are excluded).

Demand increases by less than supply increases. as a result, (a) equilibrium price will decline and equilibrium quantity will rise. (b) both equilibrium price and quantity will decline. (c) both equilibrium price and quantity will rise

Asmall town wants to build some new recreational facilities. the proposed facilities include a swimming pool, recreation center, basketball court and baseball field. the town council wants to provide the facilities which will be used by the most people, but they face budget and land limitations. the town has $400,000 and 14 acres of land. the pool requires locker facilities which would be in the recreation center, so if the swimming pool is built the recreation center must also be built. also, the council has only enough flat land to build the basketball court or the baseball field. the daily usage and cost of the facilities (in $1,000) are shown below. which facilities should they build? facilityusagecost ($1,000)landswimming pool4001002recreation center5002003basketball court3001504baseball field2001005

In milton friedman's social responsibility of business is to increase its profits, what analogy does dr. friedman draw between trade union wages and corporations' decisions based on social responsibilities?