Robert is a doctor who earns an average hourly wage of $80. His wife is a teacher and earns an average hourly wage of $35. His daughter works in her college library and earns $12 per hour while his son is a lawyer and earns $60 per hour
If one of them must stay back at the house on a working day to look after their ailing pet, who can do it at the lowest opportunity cost?
A) His son B) Robert C) His wife D) His daughter
Mike and John work as waiters in a restaurant. Mike can efficiently wait on 10 customers per hour while John can efficiently wait on 7 customers per hour. The restaurant also has a bar. If both of them work as bartenders, Mike is able to serve 9 customers per hour while John is able to serve 10 customers per hour.
D
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The complexity of the U.S. federal income tax system results in significant annual deadweight losses. The opportunity cost of the hours taxpayers spend on record keeping and completing their tax returns amounts to billions of dollars
a. If the tax system was simplified, how would this benefit the economy? b. Why hasn't the tax system been simplified?
As an economy grows and develops, the police powers of the government with respect to controlling, regulating and inspecting businesses and their output become increasingly more costly to uphold and protect
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Why would a firm prefer that a company like J.D. Power (which provides product satisfaction reviews) review its product rather than doing it within the firm?
A) J.D. Power provides less credibility. B) J.D. Power provides greater credibility. C) J.D. Power is more honest than the average firm. D) J.D. Power has a government monopoly in providing product satisfaction reviews.
One way in which the Phillips curve is misinterpreted is to think of it as
A. a model of economic activity that explains changes in unemployment and inflation by changes in aggregate demand. B. a statistical relationship between inflation and unemployment. C. depicting a number of alternative equilibrium points the economy could achieve. D. All of these responses are correct.