The term "productivity"
a. means the same thing as "efficiency."
b. is seldom used by economists, as its meaning is not precise.
c. refers to the quantity of goods and services produced from each unit of labor input.
d. refers to the variety of goods and services from which households can choose when they shop.
c
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The above figures show the market for hamburger meat. Which figure(s) shows the effect of an increase in the price of a hamburger bun, a complement for hamburger meat?
A) Figure B B) Figure C C) Figure D D) Figures A and B
As disposable income increases, _____
a. consumption and saving both increase b. consumption increases and saving decreases c. consumption and saving both decrease d. consumption decreases but saving increases e. saving increases, but we cannot predict what happens to consumption
Which of the following is a correct characterization of socialism?
a. Tradition answers the basic economic questions. b. Markets are used exclusively to answer the basic economic questions. c. Central planning is seldom used to answer the basic economic questions. d. Government ownership of many resources and centralized decision-making answers the basic economic questions.
When the U.S. dollar depreciates against other currencies:
a. foreign goods become less expensive to U.S. buyers. b. U.S. goods become more expensive to foreign buyers. c. foreign currencies depreciate against the U.S. dollar. d. the volume of U.S. imports decline. e. the volume of U.S. exports decline.