A firm claims on its website that it has been in the same location for over 50 years and has lower overhead than other firms because it bought the land 50 years ago when it was inexpensive. It also claims that it charges lower prices than competitors because of its lower overhead. Discuss the logic of these claims.

James is an employee in the widget inspection department of xyz systems, a government contractor. james was part of a 3-person inspection team that found a particular batch of widgets did not meet the exacting requirements of the u.s. government. in order to meet the tight deadline and avoid penalties under the contract, james' boss demanded that the batch of widgets be sent in fulfillment of the government contract. when james found out, he went to the vice president of the company and reported the situation. james was demoted by his boss, and no longer works on government projects. james has a: