Suppose you were going to receive $16,000 per year for seven years. The appropriate interest rate is 7%. a. What is the present value of the payments if they are in the form of an ordinary annuity?

b. What is the present value if the payments are an annuity due?

c. Suppose you plan to invest the payments for 7 years, what is the future value if the payments are an ordinary annuity?

d. Suppose you plan to invest the payments for 7 years, what is the future value if the payments are an annuity due?

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

Hundreds of a bank's customers have called the customer service call center to complain that they are receiving text messages on their phone telling them to access a website and enter personal information to resolve an issue with their account. what action should the bank take?

Melissa buys an iphone for $240 and gets consumer surplus of $160. a. what is her willingness to pay? b. if she had bought the iphone on sale for $180, what would her consumer surplus have been?