The United States is a mixed market economy based on the ideals of capitalism and a representative republic. However, some argue that the US government is too big and overreaching. Conversely, others argue the government is needed to protect consumers from deceptive business practices, and more regulation and government oversight is the answer. What are your thoughts? Is the US government too big or not big enough?

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)