The Baldwin company wants to decrease its plant utilization for Baker by 15%. How many units would need to be produced next year to meet this production goal? Ignore impact of accounts payable on plant utilization

In response to the gates malaria forum in october 2007, countries are debating the pros and cons of eradication. dr. arata kochi of the world health organization believes that with enough money malaria cases could be cut by 90 percent, but he believes that it would be very expensive to eliminate the remaining 10 percent of cases. he concluded that countries should not strive to eradicate malaria. source: the new york times, march 4, 2008 draw a marginal cost curve that is consistent with dr. kochis opinion as reported above. draw a marginal benefit curve that is consistent with dry. kochis opinion as reported above. draw a point to show the quantity of malaria eradicated that achieves allocative efficiency.

Which of the following explains why the government sets a required reserve ratio for private banks? a. to allow the government to control the interest rate charged on loans. b. to prevent banks from printing too much money and causing inflation. c. to make sure banks don't run out of money when customers make withdrawals. d. to enable the regulation of risk levels in the decision process of offering loans. 2b2t

Suppose that: 1. malaysia requires 1 hour of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 2. indonesia requires 2 hours of labor to produce 1 pound of rice and 4 hours of labor to produce 1 pencil; 3. each country has 10,000 hours of labor to allocate between the production of rice and pencils; and 4. in autarky, malaysia consumes 5,000 pounds of rice and 2,500 pencils. which country has an absolute advantage in rice production? in pencil production? which country has a comparative advantage in rice production? in pencil production? will trade between the two countries be mutually beneficial?