The labor demand curve of a purely competitive seller:
A. slopes downward because the elasticity of demand is always less than unity.
B. slopes downward because of diminishing marginal productivity.
C. is perfectly elastic at the going wage rate.
D. slopes downward because of diminishing marginal utility.
Answer: B
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