Suppose that your firms marginal cost of producing a pencil is 5 cents and the average cost of producing a pencil is 3 cents. if your firm is interested in minimizing average total cost, what should your firm do?


Answer: decrease production

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Of these areas of macroeconomics, which employs the fewest economists?

A. Macroeconomic forecasting B. Macroeconomic research C. Macroeconomic analysis

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The revenue raised by printing money is called:

A. interest rates. B. velocity. C. seigniorage. D. nominal income.

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Current concern about Social Security is that

A) the fund is growing too rapidly and would trigger inflation. B) the fund might be depleted before long and might not be there for workers who retire later. C) the government is planning to phase out the program. D) none of the above

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