Show how the United States’ balance of payments accounts are affected when a Bolivian citizen borrows two million from U.S. banks to buy American farming equipment.

Why is it so difficult for a serious third political party, a party that has a real chance of winning the White House, to emerge in the United States?

Why is gerrymandering problematic for democracy?

1. History of substance abuse in the United States

3. Explain a human development theory that relates to alcoholism

3. Design a counseling approach for a person dealing with substance abused

Answer each essay question thoroughly in a minimum two paragraph (9-10 sentence each paragraph).

1. Was it unavoidable that political parties would arise in the United States?

On 1 July 2020 S Ltd acquired 60% of the issued shares of P Ltd. During the year ended 30 June 2021 the following intra group transactions occurred:

1. Sales of inventory: P Ltd to S Ltd $200,000 (Cost to P Ltd $150,000)

2. Intragroup inventory on hand 30 June 2021: S Ltd held 40% of the inventory acquired from P Ltd

3. Intragroup sale of equipment An item of equipment originally acquired by S Ltd on 1 July 2018 at a cost of $200,000 was sold to P Ltd on 1 July 2020 for $170,000. S Ltd had depreciated this asset at 10% per annum on a straight line basis with no scrap value. Subsequent to the sale the expected useful life of the asset is a further 4 years.

4. During the year ended 30 June 2021 the following dividends were paid:

• S Ltd       $10,000
• P Ltd       $2,000

5. On 31 December 2020 S Ltd lent P Ltd $100,000. Interest on this loan at 6% was paid up to 30 June 2021.

6. During the year ended 30 June 2021 P Ltd paid S Ltd $4,000 for management services.

Required.

Prepare the consolidation journal entries required to eliminate the above intragroup transactions for the year ended 30 June 2021. Assume a tax rate of 30%

2. For each of the following goods, state whether it is excludable or nonexcludable.

a. cable TV service

b. free public wifi

c. the local public library

d. a ride in an Uber, Lyft, or taxi

3. For each of the following goods, state whether it is rival or non-rival.

a. a large public park

b. a freeway that requires toll payments

c. a freeway that does not require toll payments

d. a fresh avocado from the supermarket

4.  NOTE: read carefully on page 310 in your textbook before responding.

a. Suppose you buy a new pair of headphones. Is your purchase rival or non-rival? Is it excludable or nonexcludable? Briefly explain why.

b. Suppose that by living in the United States, you benefit from strategic reserves of petroleum held by the U.S. government (Links to an external site.). Is your benefit rival or non-rival? Is it excludable or nonexcludable? Briefly explain why.

5. A postage stamp is something offered by the federal government in the United States. Think about a postage stamp in the context of rival/non-rival and excludable/nonexcludable. With that in mind, is a postage stamp classified as a "private good" or "public good" in the United States?

In this chapter, we are learning about the various types of healthcare delivery types, including inpatient and outpatient, and efforts to ensure quality of care. Select a topic and post your discussion 

Discuss the range of inpatient healthcare facilities that exist in the United States and provide four examples. Explain the type of services provide in each.

Your post must be at minimum two paragraphs (five sentences per paragraph) in APA format (in text citations and bibliography). Please include references. The answer will not be helpful if there is no sources or citation. public health.

For each transaction below, enter its value and sign, and whether it belongs to the current or financial accounts. Compute the Current Account Balance, the Financial Account Balance, and indicate whether there is a Balance of Payment surplus or a Balance of Payments deficit (i.e. compute the Balance of Official Transactions).

a. The London Symphony Orchestra is hired to tour the United States. It is paid 100 British pounds, which the (American) tour organizer had in its bank account with a British Bank.

b. The United States Treasury pays interest on T-bills held by Black Rock, a British Bank, for $200. The bank holds the US dollars in a London account.

c. The Federal Reserve purchases $100 worth of euros from a French bank, paying in US dollars that the French bank holds on its balance sheet.

d. A Chinese holding company buys IMB, and American company, by acquiring its shares in the American stock market. The Chinese firm pays $400 to acquire IMB, and it pays with US dollars it had in its accounts.

e. The import of wool from Nepal to the United States for $100. The American importer pays for the wool in US dollars, which are then held in Nepal.

1. What are some of the pros and cons to the rise of medical information on the internet? How might the increased availability of private information about one’s personal medical treatment delegitimize the medical community? How might all of this be tied to the deprofessionalization of medicine? 2. Why do you think the United States is the only industrialized country to resist implementing a public/universal health care system? Since 2001, the United States government has spent nearly $7 trillion fighting the war on terror—nearly $1 billion per day. How could it be reasonably argued that if we can spend $1 billion per day for 18 years on a war, we cannot provide the most fundamental health resources for our citizens? 3. Do you think body modification is becoming more or less accepted in today’s society? What social factors might contribute to one’s decision to get liposuction or a breast augmentation? Why might these forces be critical to understanding and explaining the social trend of body modification in the United States? Is this experienced similarly across racial and gender lines? Explain.

Hurricanes hit the United States often and hard, causing some loss of life and enormous economic costs. They are ranked in severity by the Saffir-Simpson scale, which ranges from Category 1 to Category 5, with 5 being the worst. In some years, as many as three hurricanes that rate a Category 3 or higher hit the US coastline. In other years, no hurricane of this severity hits the United States. The following table lists the number of ears that had 0, 1, 2, 3 or more hurricanes of at least Category 3 in severity, over the 100 years of the 20th century.

(a). What is the mean number of severe hurricanes to hit the United States per year?

(b). What model would describe the distribution of hurricanes per year, if they were to hit independently of each other and if the probability of a hurricane were the same in every year?

(c). Test the fit of the model from part (b) to the data. Give test statistic, p-value, and conclusion.