Have Malthus' predictions about population growth come true?
A) no, because modern birth control has limited population growth in all nations
B) yes, as evidenced by the famine and food shortages affecting every nation today
C) no, because the world's food supply has grown much more rapidly than Malthus foresaw
D) Yes. The world's food supply, measured by calories per person, continues to fall.
C
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Empirical studies have shown that in most situations people are:
A) risk-averse. B) risk-neutral. C) risk-loving. D) either risk-neutral or risk-loving but not risk-averse.
Bonds differ from stocks in all of these ways except
A. a purchase of corporate stock becomes a part owner of the corporation, while a bondholder does not. B. bondholders loan money to the corporation, which has priority for repayment, while stockholders may lose their investment. C. stockholders know with a high degree of certainty how much money they will get, while bondholders do not. D. All of these responses are correct.
The Braden brothers considered starting a new skydiving company. Once they read the government regulations they would have to comply with, they changed their minds. This is an example of
A. An administrative cost of regulation. B. An efficiency cost of regulation. C. An equity cost of regulation. D. A compliance cost of regulation.