The living standards data compiled by the late Angus Maddison reveal a pattern in which the material living standards of Western Europe were essentially “flat” from the year 1 CE to 1500 CE, and only start increasing dramatically post-1600 CE. The thesis has been advanced that this rise in Western European material living standards correlates wit the birth and development of Economic Thought/Theory, whereby men explicitly attempted to rationalize the laws governing economic phenomena. Prior to 1700 CE, most of life in Western Europe was organized around the dogma and kerygma of the Catholic Church, the influence of which was increasingly diminishing post-1500 CE. Consider the Biblical passages below from the Holy Bible: • Leviticus 25:37. “You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

• Luke 12:15. “And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”’

• Timothy 6:10. “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows”’.

• Philippians 4:19. “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus”.

Explain how, to the extent that Catholic dogma/kerygma was the dominant factor in organizing life in Western Europe, subscription to each of these biblical injunctions could have constituted the Economic Theory by which men understood, and governed over, economic phenomena prior to 1700 CE.

1. In Ancient Egypt in the Old Kingdom, the more important a person was

•Buy a beautiful home in Georgia

•Ride a motorcycle

•Learn to swim

•Road trip across the USA

•Visit all the Caribbean Islands

•Be a Registered Nurse

•Volunteer more

•Reach my goal weight

•Pay off Student Loan Debt

•Learn to play a musical instrument (preferably the organ in church)

Based on the above bucket list: Please answer below questions:

1. How do the wishes/goals on your bucket list relate to your values and identity? How would they help you achieve “ego integrity”? Are some wishes/goals more important in terms of fulfilling ego integrity than others, and if so, why? Discuss specific examples from your bucket list. Describe ego integrity in your response before applying it.

2. What other developmental tasks or conflicts from Erikson’s psychosocial theory are reflected in your wishes/goals? If you haven’t yet resolved some of the tasks from earlier stages in your life or your current stage in life, you might find that you have a wish/goal that relates to fulfillment of the task. You can consider any stage, such as identify vs. role confusion (the task for adolescence), intimacy vs. isolation (the task for young adulthood), and generativity vs. stagnation (the task for middle adulthood). Make sure to relate specific wishes/goals from your bucket list to specific developmental tasks.

3. Do you think you will have the same bucket list a decade from now? What about two decades from now? Why or why not? When answering these questions, assume that your wishes/goals have not yet been fulfilled.

4. Apple and Bob Johnson (both age 45) are married taxpayers who file a joint return. They have a son, John, age 10. During 2018, they had the following receipts:

During 2018, they also have the following payments/contributions:

Please help Johnsons to calculate the following items on their 2019 Form 1040

1. Their AGI
2. Their taxable
3. and the following itemized deductions:

Q33: Which political ideology opposes government regulation on business and the environment?

- liberalism

- conservatism

Q34: Which political ideology is about a belief in extensive government intervention in the economy and progressive taxation?

- liberalism

- conservatism

Q35: Which political ideology is further to the left than the mainstream Democratic Party?

- libertarians

- republicans

- socialists

- moderates

Q36: Which of the following methods will generate a simple random sample for probability sample?

- Standing on the street corner and handing out public opinion surveys to people that pass by.

- surveying the top experts in the field of politics to predict the outcome of an election

- using a random number generator to select people from rolls of registered voters to predict the outcome of the election

- using chain referrals to get more people to interview from the first set of people you interview

Q37: Which of the following is an example of the social desirability effect?

- someone answers an online survey 100 times to try to show the results

- someone misunderstands the meaning of the word "welfare" on a survey

- someone claims to attend church more than the actually do

- someone completes a paper survey but then forgets to mail it in

Q38: In 2016, election pollstors used models of likely voters that left out rural, blue-collar voters who supported Trump. The resulting inaccuracy in their poll results was due to...

- push polls

- selection bias

- the bandwagon effect

- social desirability effects

Q39: The purpose of a push poll is:

- influence public opinion

- create a larger sample

- measure public opinion

- solicit ideas

Q40: A candidate who has momentum (leading in the polls) has an easier time raising campaign funds. This is an example of...

- selection bias

- the bandwagon effect

- political socialization

- social desirability

Blake and Valerie Meyer (both age 30) are married with one dependent child (age 5).

Blake’s gross salary from his corporate employer was $70,000, and his Section 401(k) contribution was $6,300.

Valerie’s salary from GuiTech, an S corporation, was $29,400.

Valerie owns 16 percent of GuiTech’s outstanding stock. Her pro rata share of GuiTech’s ordinary business income was $13,790, her pro rata share of GuiTech’s net loss from rental real estate was $8,100, and she received a $12,000 cash distribution from GuiTech.

Blake received a $12,000 cash gift from his grandmother.

Valerie won $6,400 in the Maryland state lottery.

The Meyers received a distribution from their investment in Pawnee Mutual Fund that consisted of a $712 qualifying dividend and a $3,020 long-term capital gain.

Blake paid $12,000 alimony to a former spouse.

The Meyers paid $14,200 home mortgage interest on acquisition debt and $2,780 property tax on their personal residence.

The Meyers paid $7,000 state income tax and $4,200 state and local sales tax.

Valerie contributed $1,945 to the First Baptist Church.

On the basis of the above information, compute the Meyers’ federal income tax (including any AMT) on their joint return. Assume the taxable year is 2017. Use Individual tax rate schedules and Standard deduction table. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

1. AGI=

2. Taxable Income=

3. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers regular taxable income (after applicable credits)=

4. AMT=

5. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers total tax liability (including ATM)=

Blake and Valerie Meyer (both age 30) are married with one dependent child (age 5).

Blake’s gross salary from his corporate employer was $70,000, and his Section 401(k) contribution was $6,300.

Valerie’s salary from GuiTech, an S corporation, was $29,400.

Valerie owns 16 percent of GuiTech’s outstanding stock. Her pro rata share of GuiTech’s ordinary business income was $13,790, her pro rata share of GuiTech’s net loss from rental real estate was $8,100, and she received a $12,000 cash distribution from GuiTech.

Blake received a $12,000 cash gift from his grandmother.

Valerie won $6,400 in the Maryland state lottery.

The Meyers received a distribution from their investment in Pawnee Mutual Fund that consisted of a $712 qualifying dividend and a $3,020 long-term capital gain.

Blake paid $12,000 alimony to a former spouse.

The Meyers paid $14,200 home mortgage interest on acquisition debt and $2,780 property tax on their personal residence.

The Meyers paid $7,000 state income tax and $4,200 state and local sales tax.

Valerie contributed $1,945 to the First Baptist Church.

On the basis of the above information, compute the Meyers’ federal income tax (including any AMT) on their joint return. Assume the taxable year is 2017. Use Individual tax rate schedules and Standard deduction table. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

1. AGI=

2. Taxable Income=

3. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers regular taxable income (after applicable credits)=

4. AMT=

5. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers total tax liability (including ATM)=

Conduct research on New York City's large soda ban. Pretend you work at the Paradise City attorney's office. Draft a law that restricts the sale of large sugary drinks in Paradise City. Make sure to define the types of drinks and types of sellers restricted by the law.

Example Statute: Title XXXIV (Links to an external site.) ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO Chapter 564 (Links to an external site.) WINE 564.03 Wines; sacramental and religious purposes.— (1) For the purpose of this section the term “wine” is hereby defined to mean wine, vinous spirits, or vinous liquors. (2) Any religious order, monastery, church or religious body, or any minister, pastor, priest, or rabbi thereof, may purchase wine for religious or sacramental purposes from any duly licensed wholesaler or retailer within the state, by obtaining a permit from the division for such purchases herein provided. (3) The division shall issue said permit upon sworn application, stating the name of the applicant, the religious purpose for which the wine is to be used, the amount to be purchased, and from whom the purchase is to be made. (4) The division for good cause may refuse to issue said permit. (5) Said wine and the sale thereof, when sold as herein provided and used for religious or sacramental purposes, shall be exempt from all other restrictions, regulations, and taxation now provided by the laws of the state for the sale and distribution of wine. History.—ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ch. 20978, 1941; s. 7, ch. 29964, 1955; ss. 16, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 4, ch. 72-230; s. 29, ch. 79-11. Note.—Former s. 562.49.