The United States Postal Service is an example of a monopoly created by

a. government franchise.
b. copyright.
c. control of scarce inputs.
d. rent-seeking behavior.


A

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Everything else held constant, an increase in the money market fund ratio will mean ________ in the M2 money multiplier and ________ in the M2 money supply

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Assuming that total factor productivity is constant, describe the effect of an increase in the capital-labor ratio on the per worker production function

What happens to the marginal product of labor, the marginal product of capital, and real GDP per capita?

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What happens to consumer surplus as price falls along a given demand curve?

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Economics