Buying a house during a recession may be a good idea if your job seems secure because the Federal Reserve often lowers interest rates during a recession

Suppose that you and two friends have an opportunity to purchase a pizza restaurant. Each of you would put up $75,000 . The revenue from the restaurant is expected to remain $200,000 per year for the next several years

The costs (not including the opportunity costs of your investment) of operating the restaurant are expected to remain steady at $185,000 for the next several years. The current market rate of interest is 7 percent per year. Should you go in on this deal? Explain.

Married couples with only one working spouse paying Social Security taxes will ______

a. receive less in benefits than a single individual with the same lifetime payments b. receive the same in benefits as a single individual with the same lifetime payments c. receive more in benefits than a single individual with the same lifetime payments d. receive more in cash benefits but less in health care benefits than a single individual with the same lifetime payments