The price elasticity of supply measures how much
a. the quantity supplied responds to changes in input prices.
b. the quantity supplied responds to changes in the price of the good.
c. the price of the good responds to changes in supply.
d. sellers respond to changes in technology.
b
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The CBS news correspondent Bill Whitaker discussed the high level of unemployment among teens, especially during the summer months. In 2011, unemployment among the population as a whole was 9.1 percent, but among teens it was close to 24 percent
Many of these teens were hoping to get entry level jobs as small businesses. (Source: CBS news, June 4, 2011) A minimum wage set above the equilibrium wage rate is called A) a price floor. B) a price ceiling. C) quota. D) subsidy.
In 2011, total output of goods and services in the United States was approximately
a. $10 trillion. b. $12 trillion. c. $15 trillion. d. $20 trillion.
Harry Truman is credited with the statement, "Give me a one-armed economist," because economists are likely to say, "On the one hand, . . . on the other hand." Why do economists "waffle" more than physicists or chemists?
"Stagflation" refers to the unwelcome combination of
a. inflation and rising prices. b. deflation and unemployment. c. inflation and unemployment. d. inflation and expansion.