If you can produce more of something than others with the same resources, you have

A) a free-market economy.
B) an absolute advantage.
C) an efficient production system.
D) a comparative advantage


Ans: B) an absolute advantage.

Economics

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A. more than 75 cents because CheapFizz is the only company that can sell soda on campus. B. 75 cents because that is the market price. C. less than 75 cents because CheapFizz will have greater volume and so can lower its price. D. more than 75 cents because the demand curve for CheapFizz soda will shift to the left.

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In monopolistic competition

A) each firm's price cannot deviate from the average price of other firms. B) each firm supplies a small part of the total market output. C) one firm's actions directly affect the actions of the other firms. D) collusion is possible.

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In the long run, if government increases spending ________

A) interest rates decrease B) it crowds out private investment C) saving increases D) all of the above E) none of the above

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If the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.90, the value of the spending multiplier is 90

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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