Consider the Case of a Hypothetical Economy That Has No

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Essay

Consider the case of a hypothetical economy that has no government or foreign trade.This economy produces one final product,books.Moreover,there are only two stages of production,writing by authors and publishing by a single publishing company,Inco.In 2010,Inco produced $4 million worth of books,and consumers purchased $3 million of those books.
(A)In 2010,for this economy,how much were C and I? How much was GDP? In 2010,Inco paid $500,000 to its workers,$200,000 in interest to its creditors,$300,000 for rent,and $2 million to its authors.
(B)How much were Inco's profits in 2010?
(C)How much value added was produced by the authors in 2010? How much value added was produced by Inco? What was the total value added produced in the economy that year?

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