Economics is about the allocation of scarce resources. Which of the following is NOT an example of economic scarcity?
A) If Steve goes to see a movie on Saturday, he will not be able to afford buying ice cream.
B) If Jenny studies for her economics quiz this evening, she will not have time to walk her dog.
C) If General Motors increases its production of SUVs this year, it will have to spend more on advertising.
D) If Barnes and Noble bookstore increases the number of titles it carries, it will have to reallocate shelf space to accommodate the new titles.
C
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Refer to the figure above. In equilibrium, this country produces at point
A) B. B) C. C) D. D) E.
A friend claims that the United States is a net international debtor. The best way of testing this claim is to see whether
A) U.S. foreign liabilities exceeded U.S. foreign income. B) U.S. receipts from foreign assets exceeded U.S. payments to foreign owners of U.S. assets. C) U.S. official reserve assets were positive or negative. D) the United States ran a balance of payments surplus or deficit last year.
A profit-maximizing firm will never hire that quantity of a factor of production for which that factor has an increasing marginal productivity because
a. it would not be maximizing output. b. it would not be maximizing the productivity of labor. c. it would not be minimizing costs. d. it would not be maximizing profits.
Firms that participate in regular open market transactions with ________ are called primary dealers
A) commercial banks B) Treasury banks C) the Federal Reserve D) mortgage lenders