Refer to the figure at right. when the budget line rotates from "b" to "c",
A. the price of product J increases
B. the price of product J decreases
C. the price of product K decreases
D. the price of product K increases
Answer: C. the price of product K decreases
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A product that has an elastic demand curve has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT
A) it has many substitutes. B) a consumer can wait to buy the product. C) it has few or no substitutes. D) it is a large part of a consumer's income.
Whenever a society forgoes current consumption to invest in capital goods
A) it will have less to consume next year. B) it will be easier for that society to consume less in the future because people will become accustomed to less. C) that society can consume more in the future. D) it will be forced to produce fewer capital goods in the future.
The figure above shows the market for college education in the United States. If the government does not intervene in this market, the deadweight loss equals ________ per year
A) $28 billion B) $14 billion C) $280 billion D) $224 billion E) $7 billion
The total market demand for the wheat grown by U.S. farmers is
A) always equal to the total supply. B) completely or perfectly elastic. C) completely or perfectly inelastic. D) less than completely or perfectly elastic. E) unit elastic at the prevailing price.