When a firm is hiring the optimal amount of labor, the change in total labor cost divided by the change in labor employed is equal to
a. one
b. the wage rate
c. the number of firms employing labor
d. the change in total revenue
e. the price of the good
B
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When a U.S. Senator tells a campaign crowd that "High inflation rates are a much more serious economic problem than high unemployment rates," it is an example of
A. an empirically proven fact. B. a normative statement. C. a microeconomic argument. D. a positive statement.
If the demand for a good is determined to be "elastic," then the elasticity measure
A) is greater than 1.0. B) is equal to 1.0. C) is less than 1.0. D) is infinite.
In the Harrod-Domar growth model, if 12.5% of income is saved, the incremental capital output ratio is 2.5 and the rate of depreciation is 4%, what is the implied rate of growth?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements about demand is true?
a. The demand curve for a group of consumers in a market is simply the horizontal summation of each individual's demand. b. The single demand curve shows the quantity of a good that people will buy, allowing all factors (price, income, expected future prices, etc.) to vary. c. An increase in income will cause a person to move down and to the right along her demand curve. d. All of the above are true.