For poor and nonpoor elderly, social security receipts exceeds the sum of interest, dividends, pensions, and earnings
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
F
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An opportunity cost of economic growth is
A) essentially zero because economic growth leads to such large gains in the long run. B) the decrease in production of consumption goods in the present time period. C) decreased by the creation of capital goods rather than consumption goods. D) so high that places such as Hong Kong have had to do without it.
Suppose Joe can prepare 20 sandwiches or 10 pizzas in an hour and Beth can produce 36 sandwiches or 27 pizzas. The concept of comparative advantage concludes that
A) Beth should produce both goods because she can produce more of both goods in an hour than can Joe. B) Beth should produce sandwiches and Joe should produce pizza. C) Beth should produce pizza and Joe should produce sandwiches. D) Beth should produce both goods and Joe should produce sandwiches.
Trade in services such as information technology
A) is like other trade, it creates winners and losers, but the gains for national economies likely outweigh the costs. B) creates gains for India's economy, but national welfare losses for the countries that import these services. C) make it highly likely that information technology jobs will ultimately disappear in the industrialized countries. D) is not perceived as threatening by industrialized countries so is unlikely to lead to any protectionist sentiment or pressures in the way the manufacturing does.
If U.S. workers are paid $16 an hour and Indian workers are paid the equivalent of $4 an hour but U.S. workers can produce four times as many goods as Indian workers in the same amount of time:
A. production will migrate to the United States. B. there is no reason to move production from the United States to India. C. production will migrate to India. D. workers in the United State are paid too much.