Life expectancy at birth for the world rose from 24 years to 26 years between 1000 and 1820, but by 2003, life expectancy had risen to
What will be an ideal response?
64 years
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Refer to the table above. Suppose that in normal years demand is represented by Case 2 and supply is represented by Case B. If there is a drought in the wapanzo bean growing region then supply will ________ and demand will ________
A) become case A; become case 1 B) become case A; stay at case 2 C) stay at case B; become case 3 D) stay at case B; become case 1
A friend claims that the United States is a net international debtor. The best way of testing this claim is to see whether
A) U.S. foreign liabilities exceeded U.S. foreign income. B) U.S. receipts from foreign assets exceeded U.S. payments to foreign owners of U.S. assets. C) U.S. official reserve assets were positive or negative. D) the United States ran a balance of payments surplus or deficit last year.
Which of the following is true if a country specializes in producing the goods for which it has a comparative advantage and then trades?
A. Output increases, and everyone in the economy benefits. B. Income is redistributed toward import-competing industries. C. There are gainers and losers, but the country as a whole is better off. D. Losers may outweigh the gainers, and a country may be worse off.
A person is given the opportunity to volunteer at a local food bank. They consider the other things they could do at that time, such as cleaning and watching TV. They know that the work that they do could really benefit people at the food bank, whereas the other activities only benefit themselves. They decide that the service is the best decision for them. What type of ethical theory does their though process and decision follow?
a. rule utilitarianism b. act utilitarianism c. deontological theory d. ethical egoism