13. Why will the New York times not use the word "torture" when Americans are torturing people but have no problems using this word to describe the actions of the Chinese?
14. What did early Polio researchers think might have caused Polio and why? What was the matter with this?
15. As the 1980's came to a close, what did most people think would happen to the crime rate of the United States?
Why?
16. Why did Police Forces say that the crime rate went down in the 1990's?
17. What surprising reason does economist Steven Levitt put forward as the real reason that crime rates went down
in the 1990's? What does he use to support this idea?
18. What did Steven Levitt learn about incentives when he tried to potty train his daughter?

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Compare the sources of consumer credit(there's not just one answer)1. consumers use a prearranged loan using special checks2. consumers use cards with no interest and non -revolving balances3. consumers pay off debt and credit is automatically renewed4. consumers take out a loan with a repayment date and have a specific purposea. travel and entertainment creditb. revolving check creditc. closed-end creditd. revolving credit

phillips, inc. had the following financial data for the year ended december 31, 2019. cash $ 41,000 cash equivalents 75,000 long term investments 59,000 total current liabilities 149,000 what is the cash ratio as of december 31, 2019, for phillips, inc.? (round your answer to two decimal places.)