World trade has grown substantially in the last 60 years. for example, while world output grew at an annual rate of 3.8% per year between 1950 and 2003, world exports grew at 10.8% per year over the same time period. which of the following to explain the increase in international trade and finance since the 1950s? check all that apply.
o improvements in telecommunications.
o international trade agreements such as the north american free trade agreement (nafta).
o changes in property rights.
o an increasing number of affordable international flights.

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?

Consider the labor market for computer programmers. during the late 1990s, the value of the marginal product of all computer programmers increased dramatically. holding all else equal, what effect did this process have on the labor market for computer programmers? the equilibrium wagea. increased, and the equilibrium quantity of labor decreased. b. decreased, and the equilibrium quantity of labor increased. c. increased, and the equilibrium quantity of labor increased. d. decreased, and the equilibrium quantity of labor decreased.

What is the average price for the cordless telephones (to 2 decimals)? $ b. what is the average talk time for the cordless telephones (to 3 decimals)? hours c. what percentage of the cordless telephones have a voice quality of excellent? % d. what percentage of the cordless telephones have a handset on the base?