Which is distributed more equally: income or wealth?
What will be an ideal response?
The income distribution is much more equal than the wealth distribution. The poorest 50 percent of wealth holders own only 1.1 percent of wealth and the richest 10 percent own about 75 percent of wealth. For income, the poorest 40 percent of households receive about 12 percent of total income and the richest 20 percent of households receive about 50 percent of total income.
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The company estimates the probability of death without the safety feature is 1/10,000 and the death cost per kit is $50. Based on this information, answer the following questions: a. What is the value the company has placed on a life? b. What is the company's cost-benefit recommendation? c. If the company has overestimated the probability of death and the true probability of death is 1/15,000, what is the true death cost per rhinoplasty kit? d. If the company has overestimated the probability of death and the true probability of death is 1/15,000, what would the true cost-benefit recommendation be for the company? e. If the company has correctly estimated the probability of death but has underestimated by one-half the true value of a life, what is the true death cost per rhinoplasty kit? f. If the company has correctly estimated the probability of death but has underestimated by one-half the true value of a life, what would the true cost-benefit recommendation be for the company?
Are the wages of the pilots marginal costs or sunk costs to an airline trying to decide whether to add a late-night flight from Seattle to San Francisco? They are
A) marginal costs because pilots are indispensable to the flight. B) sunk costs if the pilots will receive no additional compensation for the flight. C) marginal costs because they will be paid after the flight rather than before. D) sunk costs because pilots' wage rates are determined by a contract already existing.