Suppose abercrombie & fitch sells clothing in a monopolistically competitive loading... market and that a farmer sells oranges in a perfectly competitive market. 1.) use the line drawing tool to draw the type of demand curve likely faced by abercrombie & fitch. label this lineupper d subscript afdaf. 2.) use the line drawing tool to draw the type of demand curve faced by an individual orange farmer. label this line upper d subscript oranges oranges. carefully follow the instructions above, and only draw the required objects.

Which of the following actions is most likely to result in a decrease in the money supply? a. the required reserve ratio for banks is decreased. b. the discount rate on overnight loans is lowered. c. the federal reserve bank buys treasury bonds. d. the government sells a new batch of treasury bonds. 2b2t

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

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?