Which of the following is true about the combination of mops and brooms represented by point E in Figure 1.3 and using PP1?
A. Point E is attainable only if more resources become available or technological advances are made.
B. Point E is unattainable if this economy becomes more efficient.
C. Point E is attainable if this economy uses more of its available resources.
D. Point E is efficient now.
Answer: A
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tuition: $5,000, room and board: $3,000, books and other educational supplies: $500. Further, during the term, you can only work part-time and earn $4,000 instead of your full-time salary of $10,000. What is the opportunity cost of going to college this term, assuming that your room and board expenses would be the same even if you did not go to college? A) $5,500 B) $8,500 C) $11,500 D) $14,500
Writing in the New York Times on the technology boom of the late 1990s, Michael Lewis argues, "The sad truth, for investors, seems to be that most of the benefits of new technologies are passed right through to consumers free of charge"
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If a player has a strategy where one course of action under-performs all others no matter what other players do, that strategy is
A) a prisoner's dilemma. B) dominated. C) dominant. D) a loser.
If expected inflation is 2%, the real interest rate is 7% and the economy is growing at a rate of 4%, the nominal interest rate is equal to
a. 9% b. 5% c. 7% d. 6% e. none of the above