Twenty years ago a stove cost $300 and a refrigerator cost $1,500. Today a stove costs $600, while a refrigerator costs $1,800. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) The relative price of stoves and refrigerators has not changed.
B) The relative price of a refrigerator has increased.
C) The relative price of a stove has increased.
D) The money price of a refrigerator has fallen.
C
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Suppose in Belgium, the opportunity cost of producing a trombone is 8 clarinets. In Denmark, the opportunity cost of producing a trombone is 6 clarinets
a. What is the opportunity cost of producing a clarinet for Belgium? b. What is the opportunity cost of producing a clarinet for Denmark? c. Which country has a comparative advantage in the production of clarinets? d. Which country has a comparative advantage in the production of trombones?
The most commonly used measure of changes in the cost of living for households
a. real GDP. b. the CPI. c. nominal GDP. d. the GDP deflator.
If good X is an inferior good, a decrease in consumer income, other things being equal, will shift the:
a. demand curve for good X to the right. b. demand curve for good X to the left. c. supply curve for good X to the right. d. supply curve for good X to the left.
Who said the nation was "ill-fed, ill-clothed, and ill-housed?"
A. Herbert Hoover B. Franklin D. Roosevelt C. Lyndon B. Johnson D. Jimmy Carter