Complete Question:
The market system:
A. produces considerable inefficiency in the use of scarce resources.
B. effectively harnesses the incentives of workers and entrepreneurs.
C. is not consistent with freedom of choice in the long run.
D. has slowly lost ground to emerging command systems.
Answer:
B. effectively harnesses the incentives of workers and entrepreneurs.
Explanation:
An economic system can be defined as a series of governmental or societal arrangements and a coordinating mechanism used for the allocation of available resources, economic inputs, goods and services across a particular country. The economic system differs according to the method used to coordinate economic activities and who the factors of production belongs to.
Generally, there are basically two (2) main types of economic systems and these are;
1. Command systems.
2. Market systems.
The market system effectively harnesses the incentives of workers and entrepreneurs because workers are able to engage in division of labor and are well compensated for their efficiency in service while the entrepreneur are usually rewarded with an increase in sales and profits.
The market system allows participants to have property rights such as trademarks, patents and copyright. Also, market systems are regulated by the competition among individuals (traders or entrepreneurs) and this gives direction to the market as they pursue self interests and are independent.
Long term unemployment is defined as being unemployed for 27 weeks or more. In this example there are a total of 60 people, 52 people who would be categorized as short term unemployment and 8 people who would be categorized as long term unemployment.
In order to calculate the percentage of unemployment in each category you will need to divide the number in each category by the total number.
Short term = 52/60 = 86.7%
Long term - 6/60 = 13.3%
Answer:
A Overhead: 180,634
B Production Cost: 214,410
C Period Cost: 71,091
Explanation:
<u>Manufacturing overhead</u>
Factory utilities 16,942
Depreciation on factory equipment 13,387
Property taxes on factory building 3,252
Indirect factory labor 49,656
Repairs to office equipment 2,179
Indirect materials 84,468
Factory repairs 2,465
Factory manager's salary 8,285
Total: 180.634
<u>Product Cost</u>
Direct labor 71, 743
Direct materials used 142,667
Total: 214,410
<u>Period Cost </u>
Sales salaries 47, 310
Depreciation on delivery trucks 4,546
Advertising 15, 712
Office supplies used 3,523
Total: 71,091
Answer: a) -A tax cut
-Additional spending on national park facilities
b) Expansionary fiscal policy
Explanation:
Fiscal Policy refers to how the government of a country is using it's spending and taxes to influence Economic conditions on a Macro level.
The keywords for this question are TAXES and SPENDING.
The means that a Discretionary FISCAL policy includes Taxes and Spending.
Now the way to close the Recessionary gap that is opening is to put more money into the Economy. The Government can do this by REDUCING TAXES which will means people have more money to spend and ADDITIONAL SPENDING on NATIONAL PARK FACILITIES as this means that the government is pumping more money into the Economy.
The discretionary fiscal policy needed to bring the economy closer to potential output is an example of an EXPANSIONARY FISCAL POLICY.
This is where the Government aims to put more money into the economy so that growth can be acheived and they do this by lowering taxes and increasing spending either singularly or simultaneously.
