Categories of U.S. consumer spending, ranked from largest to smallest, are
a. housing, food & beverages, education & communication, and transportation.
b. education & communication, housing, food & beverages, and transportation.
c. food & beverages, housing, transportation, and medical care.
d. housing, transportation, food & beverages, and medical care.
d
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The economist who recognized that lags in policy can explain the difficulty in conducting monetary policy was
A) Adam Smith. B) John Nash. C) Milton Friedman. D) Joseph Schumpeter.
If perfectly competitive lawn care firms are making an economic profit, then
A) wages will be bid up until the economic profit are gone. B) the firms must be superior and will continue to make an economic profit. C) new firms will enter the industry. D) they are not equating marginal revenue to marginal cost. E) government regulation will be imposed to decrease their profit.
All of the following are aspects of microeconomics EXCEPT
A) monopolies. B) a firm maximizing profit. C) a worker choosing one job over another. D) the average level of prices of all goods and services produced in a country in a year.
Scatterbrain Samantha often forgets to lock her house. This has caused the probability of a burglary to be 30%. If her house gets broken into, she faces a property loss of $10,000, otherwise she gets to keep her $100,000 . If Samantha is offered a full coverage insurance policy for her house at $2000, would she buy the insurance?
a. Yes because she gets to now enjoy her wealth risk-free b. No, because she can take the risk and be better off c. Yes, because she gains on average with the insurance d. Both A&C