In August 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed ________ as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
A) Paul Volcker B) Alan Greenspan C) G. William Miller D) Ben Bernanke
A
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The process of making the best of our limited resources by doing the things we are best at and hiring other people to do the things we are not particularly good at is called
A) absolute advantage. B) comparative advantage. C) specialization. D) protectionism.
The absolute value of the slope of an indifference curve is called the:
A. marginal rate of transformation. B. transitivity slope. C. indifference rate of preference. D. marginal rate of substitution.
In what way does prospect theory differ from the standard theory of expected utility?
a. With prospect theory, preferences depend only on final wealth levels. b. With prospect theory, preferences vary with initial (reference) wealth levels. c. With prospect theory, individuals are risk loving over small losses. d. With prospect theory, risk aversion does not play a role.
Here is an excerpt form an editorial praising capitalism in The Economist:“It is competition that delivers choice, holds prices down, encourages invention and service, and (through all these things) delivers economic growth.” To what type of competition does the writer refer? Is it the sort of competition that economists study? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?