Canada's economy is considered to be at "full employment" when:
What will be an ideal response?
about 6-7% of the labour force is unemployed
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Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) campaigned to increase the legal penalties of drunk driving. This successful campaign ________ of drunk driving
A) increased the marginal benefit B) decreased the marginal benefit C) increased the marginal cost D) decreased the marginal cost E) had no effect on the marginal cost or marginal benefit but did affect the total benefit
Suppose the price of gasoline is $3.50 per gallon, the quantity of gasoline demanded is 150 billion gallons per year,
the price elasticity of demand for gasoline is -0.06, and the federal government decides to increase the excise tax on gasoline by $1.00 per gallon, which increases the price of gasoline by $0.75 per gallon. What is the new equilibrium quantity of gasoline demanded after the tax is imposed? A) 109.72 billion gallons per year B) 127.25 billion gallons per year C) 148.27 billion gallons per year D) 161.61 billion gallons per year
The slope of the per person production function is
A) the marginal product of labor. B) the marginal product of capital. C) lower for a poor country than for a rich country. D) higher for a rich country than for a poor country.
Suppose a consumer has preferences over two goods, X and Y, which are perfect substitutes. In particular, two units of X is equivalent to one unit of Y. If the price of X is $1, the price of Y is $3, and the consumer has $30 of income to allocate to these two goods, how much of each good should the consumer purchase to maximize satisfaction?
a. 30 units of X and 0 units of Y b. 0 units of X and 10 units of Y c. 15 units of X and 5 units of Y d. 15 units of X and 0 units of Y