Max has allocated $100 toward meats for his barbecue. His budget line and an indifference map are shown in the above figure. What happens if Max's mother gives him 30 pounds of burger?
A) Max would have preferred receiving the dollar-value of the burger.
B) Max is indifferent between this gift and the dollar-value of the burger.
C) Max prefers this gift to the dollar-value of the burger.
D) None of the above.
A
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A) improve its long run economic growth prospects. B) interfere with its domestic affairs. C) be allocated to useless projects and thereby reduce its growth rate. D) be used to keep its ruling party in power rather than spur economic growth. E) do any of the above.
Under what circumstances will the economic rent earned by a factor of production always be zero?
A) Infinitely inelastic supply curve B) Infinitely elastic supply curve C) Somewhat inelastic supply curve D) Elastic demand curve
Holding other things constant, a decrease in the inflation rate in the US compared to the Canadian economy may cause the demand for the US dollar to _____________ and the supply to __________
a. Increase; decrease b. Increase, increase c. Decrease; Increase d. Decrease; Decrease
For how long is the chairman of the board of governors of the Fed appointed and by whom?
a. Appointed for two years by all the other governors b. Appointed for two years by the governor of the New York district branch c. Appointed for two years by the president of the United States d. Appointed for four years by all the other governors e. Appointed for four years by the president of the United States