Garden variety flower shop uses 750 clay pots a month. the pots are purchased at $2 each. annual carrying costs per pot are estimated to be 30 percent of cost, and ordering costs are $20 per order. the manager has been using an order size of 1,500 flower pots.

Eileen's elegant earrings produces pairs of earrings for its mail order catalogue business. each pair is shipped in a separate box. she rents a small room for $150 a week in the downtown business district that serves as her factory. she can hire workers for $275 a week. there are no implicit costs. what is the marginal product of the second worker?

If jobs have been undercosted due to underallocation of manufacturing overhead, then cost of goods sold (cogs) is too low and which of the following corrections must be made? a. decrease cogs for double the amount of the underallocation b. increase cogs for double the amount of the underallocation c. decrease cogs for the amount of the underallocation d. increase cogs for the amount of the underallocation

What is one counter argument to the premise that the wealth gap is a serious problem which needs to be addressed?