The economic way of thinking includes:
A) more attention paid to benefits rather than the costs involved in any choice.
B) the assumption that individuals choose to maximize some objective.
C) emphasis on how choices affect total values rather than marginal values.
D) the notion that the world has solved the problem of scarcity.
Ans: B) the assumption that individuals choose to maximize some objective.
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A) the government sets a maximum price for a good above the equilibrium price. B) the government sets a minimum price for a good above the equilibrium price. C) the government sets a minimum price for a good below the equilibrium price. D) the government sets a maximum price for a good below the equilibrium price.
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A) all of the time. B) only when the short-run aggregate supply curve is the same as the long-run aggregate supply curve. C) only when the policy changes leave the position of the aggregate demand curve unaffected. D) only when the policy changes are unanticipated.