Japan did not lead the world in automobile production in the 1950s because _________________________.
Japan's industrial plant had been destroyed during World War II
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Quick Buck and Pushy Sales produce and sell identical products and face zero marginal and average cost. Below is the market demand curve for their product. 
Suppose Quick Buck and Pushy Sales decide to collude and work together as a monopolist with each firm producing half the quantity demanded by the market at the monopoly price. If Quick Buck cheats by reducing its price to $1 while Pushy Sales continues to comply with the collusive agreement, then Quick Buck's economic profit will be ________.
A. $2,000 B. $4,000 C. $6,000 D. $3,000
In the market for cell phones, which of the following events increases the supply of cell phones?
A. New technology lowers the cost of making a cell phone B. Rise in the price of an e-book reader (a substitute in production) C. An increase in people's incomes D. A rise in the wage rate paid to electronics workers
Natural monopolies have U-shaped cost curves.
A. True B. False C. Uncertain
During 2017, the rate of inflation was 2 percent. Daniel sold basketballs that year for $16. If Daniel continued to sell basketballs for the same price in 2018, how did the relative price of basketballs change?
a. –2 percent b. –1 percent c. 2 percent d. 1 percent