Adam Smith believed that if people were free to pursue their own interests.

What will be an ideal response?


the public interest would be served quite well

Economics

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What will be an ideal response?

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Select whether the statement is true or false. A. True B. False

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Dan owns an autographed copy of a Brittany Spears CD that he values at $100. If he sells the CD at the garage sale he's planning to hold in a few weeks, it will be sold to a buyer with a reservation price of $175. If he sells it on eBay, it will be sold to a buyer with a reservation price of $500. eBay will charge Dan $50 to auction the CD, which just covers eBay's opportunity cost of running the auction. Relative to selling the CD at his garage sale, auctioning the CD on eBay will lead:

A. total economic surplus to increase by $100. B. total economic surplus to increase by $500. C. to no change in total economic surplus. D. total economic surplus to increase by $275.

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