Labor growth depends mainly on ________ and labor productivity growth depends mainly on ________
A) population growth; increases in real GDP
B) population growth; technological advances
C) growth in real GDP per person; growth rate of capital
D) growth in real GDP per person; technological advances
B
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Suppose the labor force stays constant, and the working-age population stays constant, but a greater number of persons who were unemployed become employed. The labor force participation rate will
A) increase. B) remain constant. C) decrease. D) not change in a way that can be predicted.
Q: How many economists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: None. If the light bulb really needed changing, market forces would have already caused it to happen. This joke represents the view of
A) classical economists. B) Keynesian economists. C) economists who conclude that money illusion is widespread. D) economists who conclude that wages and prices are inflexible.
Classical economic theory predicted that in the long run the economy would experience:
a. below full unemployment. b. rising rate of inflation. c. full employment. d. idle factors of production.
Suppose that Spain has a comparative advantage in hats and Portugal has a comparative advantage in doormats. Under a system of free trade, each country specializes and then trades with the other. If the price starts at four hats per doormat, and then increases to five hats per doormat, then:
a. people in Portugal will not want to buy as many hats. b. Spain no longer has a comparative advantage in hats. c. Portugal is flooding the market with too many doormats. d. some of the gains from trade shift to Portugal. e. some of the gains from trade shift to Spain.