The largest component of government spending is for interest on the national debt

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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a. is 100 percent, which creates a pollution-free environment b. is smaller the lower the marginal social cost of air quality c. is greater the lower the marginal social benefit of air quality d. is greater the lower the marginal social cost of air quality e. is smaller the greater the marginal social benefit of air quality

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This figure shows the payoffs involved when Sarah and Joe work on a school project together for a single grade. They both will enjoy a higher grade when more effort is put into the project, but they also get pleasure from goofing off and not working on the project. The payoffs can be thought of as the utility each would get from the effort they individually put forth and the grade they jointly receive.If Sarah and Joe are working on a project together and faced with the choices outlined in the figure shown, we can predict the outcome will be that:

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Say a firm that sells its product at a price of $40 is using 20 units of capital. If the marginal product of the last unit of capital used was 50, and the constant rental rate of capital is $2,000, then this firm should

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Economics