The distinguishing characteristic of private goods is that
A) the principle of rival consumption does not apply to them.
B) their use is exclusive to the people who purchase them.
C) they can be sold but not rented.
D) they can be sold or rented, but not borrowed.
Answer: B
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A. 56 B. 141 C. 83 D. 90
Quotas on an imported product benefit
A. domestic producers and hurt domestic consumers of the product. B. both domestic producers and consumers of the product. C. foreign producers and hurt foreign consumers of the product. D. both foreign producers and consumers of the product.
"The U.S. government should not use my tax dollars to subsidize people on welfare"
A) is a positive economic statement because it simply describes one person's opinion. B) is a normative economic statement because it involves a value judgment about an economic policy. C) is a positive economic statement because it predicts that my tax dollars will go to welfare. D) is a normative economic statement because it is a scientific fact.
A government-imposed restriction on the quantity of a specific good that may be imported to and sold in the United States is called a
A) tariff system. B) quota system. C) reverse-trade system. D) union trade system.