Suppose that a nation can only make two products: defense goods and civilian goods. In a graph of the marginal benefit (MB) and marginal cost (MC) of defense goods, a leftward shift of the MB curve will cause the optimal quantity of:
A. Civilian goods to decrease
B. Both civilian goods and defense goods to decrease
C. Defense goods to decrease
D. Defense goods to increase
Answer: C
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A. a significant increase in government revenue and a significant decrease in the quantity consumed. B. a significant decrease in the quantity consumed with no change in government revenue. C. a significant increase in government revenue and no change in the quantity consumed. D. no increase in government revenue and no change in the quantity consumed.
If technological change occurs in the economy
A) we will move up along the long-run aggregate supply curve. B) we will move down along the long-run aggregate supply curve. C) the long-run aggregate supply curve will shift to the right. D) the long-run aggregate supply curve will shift to the left.