2. Income inequality in the United States Over the past few decades, income inequality in the United States, as measured by the relative share of total income earned by the top and bottom 20% of individuals, has increased. Why has the income gap between the rich and the poor been widening in the United States over this time period

Titus manufacturing, inc. provided the following information for the year: purchases - direct materials $91,000 plant utilities and insurance 68,000 indirect materials 11,170 indirect labor 4270 direct materials used in production 99,000 direct labor 117,500 depreciation on factory plant & equipment 4000the inventory account balances as of january 1 are given below. direct materials $44,000 work-in-progress inventory 10,000 finished goods inventory 50,000what is the ending balance in the direct materials account? $135,000 $36,000 $110,170 $6000

Nellie lumpkin, who suffered from dementia, was admitted to the picayune convalescent center, a nursing home. because of her mental condition, her daughter, beverly mcdaniel, signed the admissions agreement. it included a clause requiring the par- ties to submit any dispute to arbitration. after lumpkin left the center two years later, she filed a suit against picayune to recover damages for mistreatment and malpractice. [covenant health & rehabilitation of picayune, lp v. lumpkin, 23 so.2d 1092 (miss. app. 2009)] (see page 91.) 1. is it ethical for this dispute—involving negligent medical care, not a breach of a commercial contract—to be forced into arbitration? why or why not? discuss whether medical facilities should be able to impose arbitration when there is generally no bargaining over such terms.

In most states, a licensee must provide a(n) of any existing agency relationships to all parties