Cotton was also important to the the Northern USA because: a. about two-thirds of the southern cotton crop was sold to New England textile mills. b. northern merchants handled the shipping of southern cotton. c. cotton accounted for about half the value of all United States exports after 1840.d. northern farmers profited from selling their foodstuffs to feed southern slaves. e. northern investors controlled the cotton futures markets.

Email viruses are typically launched by people who modify header information to hide their identity. brightmail's enrique salem says that in the future, your email reader will authenticate the sender before putting hte message in your inbox. that way, you will know the source of all the emails you read. alan nugent of novell says, "i'm kind of a fan of eliminating anonymity if that is the price for security." will eliminating anonymity make computers more secure?

Suppose farmer lane grows and sells cotton in a perfectly competitive industry. the market price of cotton is $1.64 per kilogram, and his marginal cost of production is $1.44 per kilogram, which increases with output. assume farmer lane is currently earning a profit. can farmer lane do anything to increase his profit in the short run? farmer lane: a. cannot do anything to increase his profit. b. may or may not be able to increase his profit. c. can increase his profit by raising his price. d. can increase his profit by producing more output. e. can increase his profit by shutting down.

What is one counter argument to the premise that the wealth gap is a serious problem which needs to be addressed?