In early 2010 there were __________ Americans working than there were 10 years earlier.

A. more
B. fewer
C. the same number of


B. fewer

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Studies by economists have tended to show that countries with more independent central banks have

A) lower unemployment. B) more inflation. C) higher unemployment. D) less inflation.

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Suppose a cup of coffee at the campus coffee shop is $2.50 and a cup of hot tea is $1.25 and that a student's beverage budget is $20 per week. What is the market tradeoff between coffee and tea?

a. 1 coffee to 1 tea b. 2 coffee to 1 tea c. 1 coffee to 2 tea d. 2 coffee to 2 tea

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If a profit-maximizing firm is a price taker in the input market but not in the output market, its marginal value product of labor

a. exceeds the marginal revenue product of labor. b. equals its marginal revenue product of labor. c. is less than the marginal revenue product of labor. d. equals the marginal physical product of labor.

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A demand curve shows how quantity demanded changes as the price changes. It implies that

a. only a change in price can shift a demand curve b. everything else that affects demand is assumed to be constant c. quantity demanded is unrelated to price d. economists are concerned only with money e. it is impossible to show how anything but price affects demand

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