Raj works for an advocacy group that is pushing for a national paid family leave program. He is about to deliver a speech to a group of people who, through audience analysis, he knows have very conservative viewpoints about federal social programs, but who are also pro-family and for small-business. Based on Social Judgement Theory, which of the following arguments would be the most likely to move this group closer towards Raj's position on this topic? a. The U. S. government should provide a full year of paid family leave for all parents.
b. The U. S. government should provide 12 months of paid family leave for one parent, and 2 months for another caretaker because we can afford this.
с. Family leave policies should be supported because in other countries similar leave policies have positively impacted both the economy and national birth rates.

Consider the following scenarios. use what you have learned to decide if the goods and services being provided are individual, public, or merit goods. for each case, state what kind of good has been described and explain your answer using the definitions of individual, public, and merit goods. (6 points each) 1. from your window, you can see a city block that's on fire. you watch city firefighters rescue people and battle the flames to save the buildings. 2. while visiting relatives, you learn that your cousins attend a nearby elementary school that is supported financially by local property tax revenue. 3. you see a squadron of military jets flying overhead. 4. you find out that your aunt works for a defense manufacturing company that has several defense contracts with the government. she tells you that she works for a team that is producing a communications satellite. 5. your class visits a local jail run by a private, profit-making company that detains county criminals and is paid with tax revenue.

The basic difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics is that: a. microeconomics looks at the forest (aggregate markets) while macroeconomics looks at the trees (individual markets). b. macroeconomics is concerned with groups of individuals while microeconomics is concerned with single countries. c. microeconomics is concerned with the trees (individual markets) while macroeconomics is concerned with the forest (aggregate markets). d. macroeconomics is concerned with generalization while microeconomics is concerned with specialization.

Sally has a high-paying management position with a fortune 500 company, but she is tired of working for corporate america. so sally has decided to start a business, and she knows she will be successful as an entrepreneur because entrepreneurs typically