What does Montaigne mean when he writes, “I think there is more barbarity in eating a man alive than in eating him dead”?

John owns a corporate bond that pays 9%, giving him $9000 in taxable interest every year.  What is his after tax rate of return if his marginal rate is 37% and he would pay 20% on preferred tax items?

Original issue discount has the following effect on taxable income:

All of the following are required adjustments to taxable income to compute alternative minimum taxable income except:

During the year, Marco’s house was destroyed by a hurricane that devastated the Gulf coast. President Biden announced a federal disaster declaration for the whole area. He had a basis of $150,000 but the insurance adjuster determined the decline in value was $175,000. He received $130,000 in insurance proceeds. His AGI was $60,000 for this year. How much can Marco deduct for a casualty loss?

If you surveyed freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors at the beginning of the year and compared these groups’ happiness scores, what type of design would that be? 

A researcher recruited 50 volunteers from a social media platform.  The researcher randomly assigned 25 to a stress reduction program and 25 were randomly assigned to a wait-listed control group. What type of sample is the researcher using? 

What is the author’s main problem with past political and philosophical treatises?

The government imposes a price ceiling on corn. (corn)

According to Machiavelli, is it preferable for a ruler to be feared or loved by his citizens?