In general, a nation can enjoy a higher standard of living by ________ than by being self sufficient.

A. increasing its versatility
B. taxing imported goods
C. avoiding trade with other nations
D. specialization and trading


Answer: D

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Tuition and fees for four year colleges in the United States have risen over five percent per year recently. One cause for the increase in price has been an increase in demand for college education. In the standard model, what could be a possible explanation for the increase in the demand for college education?

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Other things equal, if a full-employment economy reallocated a substantial quantity of its resources to capital goods, we would expect:

A. present consumption to rise. B. future consumption to fall. C. a lower rate of growth of real GDP. D. labor productivity to rise.

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Under which market structure is a firm's MR curve horizontal?

A. Oligopoly B. Monopolistic Competition C. Perfect Competition D. Monopoly

Economics