Economic growth i — end of chapter problem in the discussion of german and japanese postwar growth, the text describes what happens when part of the capital stock is destroyed in a war. by contrast, suppose that a war does not directly affect the capital stock but that casualties reduce the labor force. assume that the economy was in a steady state before the war, that the saving rate is unchanged, and that the rate of population growth is the same as before the war.

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)