Many things that society values, such as good health, high-quality education, enjoyable recreation opportunities, and desirable moral attributes of the population, are not measured as part of gdp. it follows thata. gdp is still a useful measure of society's welfare because it measures a nation's ability to purchase the inputs that can be used to produce the things that contribute to welfare. b. gdp is still a useful measure of society's welfare because providing these other attributes is the responsibility of government. c. gdp is not a useful measure of society's welfare. d. gdp is still the best measure of society's welfare because these other values cannot actually be measured.

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805

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:; )write a paragraph of two to three sentences and describe what will happen to a society that does not have a productive workforce?