Which is the best definition of the term economics?
a. the study of how governments can raise and spend tax money more efficiently
b. the study of how people choose to create and conserve scarce resources
c. the study of how people choose to distribute and use their scarce resources
d. the study of how corporations can increase opportunities and profits for their stockholders

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

Which of the following constitute the types of unemployment occurring at the natural rate of unemployment? a. frictional and cyclical unemployment.b. structural and frictional unemployment.c. cyclical and structural unemployment.d. frictional, structural, and cyclical unemployment.

This year, druehl, inc., will produce 60 comma 000 hot water heaters at its plant in delaware, in order to meet expected global demand. to accomplish this, each laborer at the plant will work 200 hours per month. if the labor productivity at the plant is 0.25 hot water heaters per labor hour, how many laborers are employed at the plant? number of laborers employed by the plant = nothing laborers (round your answer to the nearest whole number).