Which tools allow economists to determine if the allocation of resources determined by free markets is desirable?
a. profits and costs to firms
b. consumer and producer surplus
c. the equilibrium price and quantity
d. incomes of and prices paid by buyers
b
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Public finance economists should only concern themselves with positive economic analysis
a. True b. False
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a. operates at minimum ATC; allocative inefficiency; productive efficiency b. fails to operate at minimum ATC; allocative inefficiency; productive inefficiency c. operates at minimum ATC; allocative efficiency; productive inefficiency d. fails to operate at minimum ATC; allocative efficiency; productive efficiency
Medicare, Part B is
A. compulsory at a low premium. B. voluntary at a low premium. C. voluntary at a high premium. D. compulsory at a high premium.