When studying individuals' economic behavior, economists assume that
A) individuals understand the rationale for all their actions.
B) individuals act as if they were rational.
C) only educated people act as if they were rational.
D) self-interest is of limited relevance in predicting an individual's actions.
Answer: B
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A) $750. B) $2,250. C) $12,000. D) $36,000.
A firm's cost of production equals ________
A. all the costs paid with money, called explicit costs B. the implicit costs of using all the firm's own resources C. all explicit costs and implicit costs, excluding normal profit D. the costs of all resources used by the firm whether bought in the marketplace or owned by the firm
Consider the above figure. At an income of $60 we would expect saving to be equal to
A) $60. B) $40. C) $10. D) $0.
The money we pay for a good or service
a. generally exceeds its opportunity cost. b. generally equals its opportunity cost. c. has no part in determining its opportunity cost. d. generally equals two-thirds of its opportunity cost. e. generally is only part of its opportunity cost.