Diminishing marginal utility implies:
A. as the consumption of a good increases marginal utility decreases.
B. as the consumption of a good increases marginal utility increases.
C. as the consumption of a good increases total utility decreases.
D. as the consumption of a good increases total utility increases.
Answer: A
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Assume there is a decrease in the market demand for a good sold by price-taking firms that are initially producing the profit-maximizing level of output. How will the market adjust over time?
A) Firms will enter the market, causing price to rise until losses are eliminated. B) Firms will enter the market, causing price to fall until positive profits are eliminated. C) Firms will exit the market, causing price to rise until losses are eliminated. D) Firms will exit the market, causing price to fall until positive profits are eliminated.
On August 15, 1971, the United States
A) returned to the gold standard. B) suspended the convertibility of dollars into gold. C) provided unlimited dollar reserves to the German central bank to help end a speculative attack on the mark. D) provided unlimited dollar reserves to the Bank of England to help end a speculative attack on the pound.
Many economists criticize monopolists because they produce at output levels that are not efficient, that is to say, monopolists
a. charge too high a price b. don't innovate c. produce a large quantity of waste d. usually don't produce at their minimum ATC e. may be profit conscious but they don't realize that maximum profit means maximum efficiency
The poverty rate for Hispanics is ______ than the rate for non-Hispanic whites and ______ than the rate for blacks.
A. higher; slightly higher B. lower; slightly lower C. higher; slightly lower D. lower; slightly higher