Since the costs of negative by-products are not deducted,


GDP overstates the national well-being.

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During a banking panic, a lender of last resort will

A) purchase banks which are having difficulty but appear sound. B) make loans to solvent but temporality illiquid banks. C) make loans to insolvent but liquid banks. D) make loans to any banks which request them.

Economics

Human capital is defined as the:

A. amount of capital that is operated by workers in a firm. B. amount of capital that is operated by workers in an industry. C. amount of workers a firm employs. D. set of skills, knowledge, experience, and talent that determine the productivity of workers.

Economics

A $2.00 tax levied on the sellers of birdhouses will shift the supply curve

a. upward by exactly $2.00. b. upward by less than $2.00. c. downward by exactly $2.00. d. downward by less than $2.00.

Economics

If the price of a good in a closed economy is greater than the world price, then if the country opens its markets to world trade the country will be a ________ of that good.

A. net exporter B. producer C. net importer D. importer and exporter

Economics