Between 1950 and the mid-1990s, the united states experienced a much larger increase in the standard of living than the soviet union. this difference can be most attributed to the fact that the u. s.

a. was more centrally planned than the soviet union.
b. had a much larger amount of capital accumulation.
c. experienced a greater increase in the amount of population growth.
d. had a greater amount of technological change.

On january 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, regis company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $22,760 of office salaries and $70,840 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees' salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.20%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $13,260 of federal income taxes, $1,450 of medical insurance deductions, and $860 of union dues. no employee earned more than $7,000 in this first pay period. required: 1.1 calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of regis company. regis’s merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 3% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. the federal unemployment tax rate is 0.60