To be officially unemployed a person must be in the labour force and must:
What will be an ideal response?
be actively seeking work
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Refer to Figure 11-17. Assume that production isoquants are convex. Total cost and output produced must increase for each of the following movements except one. Which movement is the exception?
A) point a to point b B) point b to point c C) point b to point d D) point a to point c
Pencils sell for 10 cents and pens sell for 50 cents. Suppose Jack, whose preferences satisfy all of the basic assumptions, buys 5 pens and one pencil each semester. With this consumption bundle, his MRS of pencils for pens is 3
Which of the following is true? A) Jack could increase his utility by buying more pens and fewer pencils. B) Jack could increase his utility by buying more pencils and fewer pens. C) Jack could increase his utility by buying more pencils and more pens. D) Jack could increase his utility by buying fewer pencils and fewer pens. E) Jack is at a corner solution and is maximizing his utility.
Suppose that a worker in Country A can make either 25 bananas or 5 tomatoes each year. Country A has 200 workers. Suppose a worker in Country B can make either 18 bananas or 6 tomatoes each year. Country B has 400 workers. Suppose Country A specializes in bananas, and Country B specializes in tomatoes. The limits to the terms of trade that Country B would find acceptable are Country B will accept no:
A. more than 3 bananas for each tomato. B. less than 3 bananas for each tomato. C. more than 1 tomato for every 3 bananas. D. less than 1 tomato for every 3 bananas.
Daryn is raking leaves to earn money for his university's economics club. In the first hour, he rakes 8 bags of leaves. In the second hour, he rakes 6 bags of leaves. If he earns $8 per hour, the value of the marginal product of the second hour of labor is $16
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false