How might stock issues be preferable to borrowing money for firms looking to finance operations? a) firms might have increased oversight from and payment of dividends to investors. b) firms might seek relief from creditors by passing the debt to investors. c) firms might want the cash on hand faster by agreeing to loans. d) firms might want to avoid paying interest charges.

 D) Firms might want to avoid paying interest charges.

Explanation:  Firms might want to avoid paying interest charges, which could make stock issues more preferable to taking out additional loans. The firm is still liable for any debt, regardless of income source. A shorter turn-around time might be a benefit of borrowing money, not stock issues.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.