Thomas Robert Malthus said that
A. the food supply doubled every 25 years.
B. the population doubled every 25 years.
C. both the food supply and population doubled every 25 years.
D. neither the food supply nor population doubled every 25 years.
B. the population doubled every 25 years.
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Your neighbor likes to blast 1970's rock music and the louder the better. The loud music imposes a cost on you because it disrupts your study of economics. Let D stand for the volume of his music in decibels, B for his benefits and C for your costs, where B and C are measured in dollars. For any given volume, D, your neighbor's benefit is B = 0.63D - 0.002D2 and your cost is C = 0.06D + 0.001D2. With an efficient Pigouvian tax, what noise level will your neighbor choose?
A. 90 decibels B. 95 decibels C. 115 decibels D. 345 decibels
When the nominal dollar interest rate ________, money demand will ________, and the general price level will ________
A) increases; decrease; increase B) increases; increase; increase C) increases; decrease; decrease D) increases; increase; decrease E) decreases; increase; increase
Which group tends to have the highest unemployment rate in the United States?
A. Whites B. women C. Hispanics D. men E. Blacks
In a market with positive externalities,
A) the efficient level of production is less than what competition will obtain. B) the efficient level of production is equal to what competition will obtain. C) the efficient level of production is more than what competition will obtain. D) there cannot be an efficient level of production.