In 2011, U.S. GDP totaled approximately:

If the interest rate on a U.S. one-year bond is 2%, the interest rate on a Brazilian one-year bond is 8%, and the currency premium on reals (Brazilian currency) is 3%,

what is the expected rate of appreciation of the U.S. dollar according to interest-rate parity? A) -3% B) 3% C) 5% D) 6%

Time on the Cross views slavery as a system in which

(a) the slaves were quite happy, good-hearted and content with their condition. (b) the plantations were efficient operations with incentive systems providing slaves with some rewards for productive behaviors. (c) the slaves, because of the oppression and brutal conditions they faced, had the same type of attitudes as did the inmates of Nazi concentration camps during World War II. (d) the prospects of escape or resistance were so poor that slaves made few revolts against slavery.