The opportunity cost of watching television is:

a. all of the alternative programs that appear on other stations.
b. zero because there is no money expenditure involved.
c. the alternative use of the time foregone by watching the program.
d. zero if it benefits you.


c

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A "false positive" is

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If the amount that consumers wish to save at the full employment level of income is greater than the amount that businesses plan to invest, then

a. there will be an inflationary gap. b. there will be a recessionary gap. c. total demand will exceed potential GDP. d. the economy will move to a higher level of output.

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Costs that require a firm to spend money are considered:

A. explicit costs. B. fixed costs. C. implicit costs. D. variable costs.

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