If utility is not maximized, then:
a. some change in consumption will increase satisfaction.
b. no change in consumption will increase utility.
c. only a change in income will increase utility.
d. only a change in price will increase utility.
e. the principle of diminishing marginal utility does not hold.
a
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In the figure above, if pizza production is restricted to 5,000 pizzas a day, the deadweight loss is
A) $45,000 per day. B) $12,500 per day. C) $22,500 per day. D) $90,000 per day. E) zero.
Which of the following observations is not true of a budget line?
A. It indicates what choices are available to the consumer. B. It is a curve of constant expenditure. C. Its slope reports the market terms on which the consumer can trade one good for another. D. It helps examine the consumer’s preferences.
Based on the following information, what is the balance on the financial account?
Exports of goods and services = $5 billion Imports of goods and services = $3 billion Net income on investments = -$2 billion Net transfers = -$2 billion Increase in foreign holdings of assets in the United States = $4 billion Increase in U.S. holdings of assets in foreign countries = -$1 billion A) $3 billion B) $2 billion C) $1 billion D) -$1 billion
Which of the following is true of U.S. net exports prior to the 1960s?
a. Since most of the oil needs of the U.S. were met through imports, imports exceeded exports prior to the 1960s in the U.S. b. Prior to the 1960s, exports from the U.S. more or less equalled imports into the U.S. c. The U.S. was running a trade surplus prior to the 1960s. d. Prior to the 1960s, the U.S. ran twin deficits- both a current account deficit as well as a budget deficit. e. Since the U.S. dollar was overvalued prior to the 1960s, the U.S. neither exported nor imported any goods and services.