1. Currently in many states, some products (such as food and newspapers) are not subjected to sales tax, and other products (such as automobiles and business equipment) have a lower sales tax rate. Do you agree that all businesses should be treated equally in the amount of taxes they are required to collect? Why or why not? 2. If e-businesses are required to collect sales taxes, what do you believe the effect will be on Internet sales? Justify your answer. 3. Use the Internet to find recent information on the status of taxation of e-commerce sales by the federal government as well as by your state and city.

Which of the following is most likely to lead to a general decrease in wages? a. elastic demand b. public goods c. an economic recovery d. immigration 2b2t

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?