The No Marginal Improvement Principle tells us that, at the best choice:

A. the marginal benefit of the last unit must be at least as large as the marginal cost and the marginal benefit of the next unit must be no greater than the marginal cost.

B. marginal cost and marginal benefit of the last unit must always be equal.

C. the marginal benefit of the last unit must be at least as large as the marginal cost and the marginal benefit of the next unit must be greater than the marginal cost.

D. small changes in the level of an activity will always increase net benefit.


A. the marginal benefit of the last unit must be at least as large as the marginal cost and the marginal benefit of the next unit must be no greater than the marginal cost.

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A. $37.3 billion; $34.0 billion B. $34.2 billion; $30.8 billion C. $32.7 billion; $29.2 billion D. $37.3 billion; $32.7 billion

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Including younger Americans from the age of _____, almost half of Americans report they currently use alcohol

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Which of the following expenditures would be counted as consumption in GDP accounts? a. Mary buys a new home computer to check her e-mail and play computer games. b. Mark buys a new computer for his medical economic consulting business

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