Many U.S. companies have moved to other countries where tax rates are more favorable. Corporations argue that they owe it to their stockholders to locate where net profit is maximized. Corporations face double taxation in the United States since corporate profits and dividends paid to stockholders are taxable. Should we reduce or eliminate taxes on corporate profits in the United States to lure more of these companies back to the U.S.?

Please address the arguments on both sides of this issue.

Are consumers always better served by competitive markets? Is a monopoly ever justified? Give examples.

What is the difference between a group "at risk" for poor health and a group considered a "vulnerable" population? Provide an example of an "at risk" or "vulnerable population" group in the United States and one in another country (or immigrants within the United States).

Explain why members of these groups cannot advocate for themselves or why advocating for these groups would be beneficial.

What would you advocate for?

Identify ethical issues that need to be addressed when working with these individuals.

Provide information about the selected "at risk" group. How many individuals fall into this group and what are some issues they face.

A simple random sample of 101 cities and counties in the United States was selected and the number of positive COVID-19 cases per 1000 citizens was recorded for each. The mean number of positive cases for this sample of 101 counties and cities was 253, with a standard deviation of 11.4. Due to a couple of cities with extremely high numbers of cases the distribution is skewed heavily to the right. If appropriate, use this information to calculate and interpret a 99% confidence interval for the mean number of positive COVID-19 cases per 1000 citizens for all counties and cities in the United States

2. Which theory considers the income distribution effects of trade in the short run?

a. specific-factors theory

b. product life cycle theory

c. factor-endowment theory

d. Stolper–Samuelson theorem

3. Assume that the United States is relatively scarce in unskilled labor and relatively abundant in capital. According to the Stolper- Samuelson theorem, free trade policies would tend to be opposed by in the United States.

a. unskilled workers

b. owners of capital

c. both unskilled workers and owners of capital

d. neither unskilled workers nor owners of capita

What is the difference between a group "at risk" for poor health and a group considered a "vulnerable" population? Provide an example of an "at risk" or "vulnerable population" group in the United States and one in another country (or immigrants within the United States).

Explain why members of these groups cannot advocate for themselves or why advocating for these groups would be beneficial.

What would you advocate for?

Identify ethical issues that need to be addressed when working with these individuals.

Provide information about the selected "at risk" group. How many individuals fall into this group and what are some issues they face.

The number of cell phone subscribers in the United States between the years 2000 and 2010 is approximated by the function N(t) = 385.474 1 + 2.521e−0.214t (0 ≤ t ≤ 10) where N(t) is measured in millions and t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding to the year 2000.† How many cell phone subscribers were there in the United States in 2000? (Round your answer to one decimal place.) million subscribers.

If the trend continued, how many subscribers were there in 2011? (Round your answer to one decimal place.) million subscribers

What is the difference between a group "at risk" for poor health and a group considered a "vulnerable" population? Provide an example of an "at risk" or "vulnerable population" group in the United States and one in another country (or immigrants within the United States). Explain why members of these groups cannot advocate for themselves or why advocating for these groups would be beneficial. What would you advocate for? Identify ethical issues that need to be addressed when working with these individuals. Provide information about the selected "at risk" group. How many individuals fall into this group and what are some issues they face.

Tom and Susan were searching the Internet to find information on air travel in the United States. They found data on the number of commercial aircraft flying in the United States during the years 1990-1998. The actual dates were recorded as the number of years since 1990. Meaning, that the year 1990 was recorded as year 0. They then analyzed the data with a least squares regression output and a residual plot shown below. The original scatter plot was not shown.

1. Is the line an appropriate model to use for these data? Clearly explain your reasoning. Please type answer or write legible.

Private colleges and universities rely on money contributed by individuals and corporations for their operating expenses. Much of this money is put into a fund called an endowment, and the college spends only the interest earned by the fund. A recent survey of 8 private colleges in the United States revealed the following endowments (in millions of dollars): 60.2, 47.0, 235.1, 490.0, 122.6, 177.5, 95.4, and 220.0.

Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the mean endowment of all the private colleges in the United States assuming a normal distribution for the endowments.