Japan's protection of its semiconductor (RAM) producers is today seen as an object lesson in
A) how strategic planning may backfire and cause a large waste of resources.
B) how externalities may be successfully exploited by protectionist policies.
C) how excess returns may be successfully exploited by protectionist policies.
D) how government intervention may create a meaningful comparative advantage.
E) how monopolies can outlast government intervention.
A
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When a firm raises the price of its product, what happens to its total revenue?
A) If demand is elastic, total revenue decreases. B) If demand is unit elastic, total revenue increases. C) If demand is inelastic, total revenue decreases. D) If demand is elastic, total revenue increases. E) If demand is unit elastic, total revenue decreases.
What is Y - S equal to?
A) I B) C - T C) I + G D) C
If marginal costs fall below average cost, average cost must be
a. Be increasing b. Be decreasing c. Stay constant d. None of the above
Emocrats often argue in favor of what to push the economy toward economic recovery, as they did during the recession that began in 2008?
A. Tax cuts B. Increase government spending C. Decrease government spending D. Encourage the public to save more