Major benefits of business in the local economy include a boost in employment and discretionary income in the community, tax income increases for local governments and a loyal customer base for businesses.
Complete Question:
A. According to census data, the percentage of Southville's population that lives in rural areas has gradually been shrinking.
B. The standards for obtaining a mortgage loan in Southville have been more stringent compared to many other countries.
C. Prior to the crisis, the prices of existing homes also increased in proportion to the prices of new homes in Southville.
D. A large proportion of home buyers in Southville were individuals who already owned one or more houses.
E. The inflation-adjusted real wage in the construction industry increased by 10 percent prior to the crisis.
Answer and Explanation:
Options A and D would weaken Bob's argument. The reason why option A would weaken Bob's argument would be because Bob said that the population is increasing whereas the according to the census data, the population has gradually been shrinking.
The reason for option D is that the individuals who already owned houses were buying new houses. So what was the need for them to buy additional new houses?
I think the correct answer to this would be:
“A health report showing eating pizza reduces stress”
<span>If health news about pizza reducing stress would come
out, people’s willingness to buy pizza would definitely increase. This is
because of the additional positive reinforcer, reducing stress, associated with
the great taste of pizza that people would definitely buy this.</span>
I inferred you are to the 2017 TEDx talk "Short-termism is killing us: it's time for Long path" by Ari Wallach.
<u>Explanation:</u>
According to Wallach, he refers to short-termism as focusing on short-term results at the expense of long-term interests.
In his words, short-termism is a problem because;
- "it prevents the CEO from buying really expensive safety equipment"
- "prevents teachers from spending quality one-on-one time with their students".
So in summary what Wallach is saying is that short-termism prevents futuristic thinking.
