Arthur transfers property valued at $250,000 to a charitable organization in return for a single life annuity based on his life value at $130,000. arthur’s adjusted basis in the transferred property was $95,000. arthur died two years after the transaction and at the time of his death, the property had a fair market value of $325,000. at the time of the initial transfer, what was arthur’s charitable income tax deduction (ignoring any agi limitations)? $75,000. $120,000. $155,000. $250,000.

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

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?

Acoase solution to a problem of externality ensures that a socially efficient outcome is to