Affirmative action programs are intended to combat
A. poverty.
B. economic inequality.
C. discriminatory practices by employers.
D. “comparable worth” systems of compensation.
Answer: C
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Which of the following most likely would decrease frictional unemployment?
A) an increase in the number of high school and college graduates B) effective Internet-based employment services and job registries C) an expansion of unemployment compensation benefits D) All of the above would decrease frictional unemployment.
Since the 1980s, Wal-Mart stores have appeared in almost every community in America. Wal-Mart buys its goods in large quantities and, therefore, at cheaper prices. Wal-Mart also locates its stores where land prices are low, usually outside of the community business district. Many customers shop at Wal-Mart because of low prices. Local retailers, like the neighborhood drug store, often go out of
business because they lose customers. This story demonstrates that a. consumers do not react to changing prices. b. there are diseconomies of scale in retail sales. c. there are economies of scale in retail sales. d. there are diminishing returns to producing and selling retail goods.
Exhibit 3-2 Demand curves
In Exhibit 3-2, the shift in the demand curve from D1 to D2 could have been caused by which of the following?
A. Decrease in price. B. Increase in expected future prices. C. Increase in the price of a complement. D. Decrease in income if it is a normal good.
For developing countries:
A. encouraging imports only tends to be more successful than encouraging exports. B. trade can be a major source of development. C. it is best if they avoid trade until ready to compete globally. D. encouraging exports only tends to be more successful than encouraging imports.