The phrase "invisible hand" means that:

no one person or firm actually sets the price.

The tendency of competition to cause individuals and firms to unintentionally promote the interests of society.

market prices are not always known to buyers and sellers.

buyers and sellers often do not meet so the transactions are invisible.

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

Discuss the positive and negative effects of the north american free trade agreement on the united states. support your conclusions with examples and evidence from the lesson.

Wyman corporation uses a process costing system. the company manufactured certain goods at a cost of $920 and sold them on credit to percy corporation for $1,315. the complete journal entry to be made by wyman at the time of this sale is: