Consumers always ____ indifference curves that are farther from the origin
a. reject
b. cross
c. prefer
d. maximize
c
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The Social Security tax is considered to be a
A) regressive tax. B) progressive tax. C) proportional tax. D) marginal tax.
A cartel most likely forms in
A) an oligopolistic market. B) a perfectly competitive market. C) a monopolistically competitive market. D) a heavily regulated industry.
In 2008, the Treasury and Federal Reserve took action to save large financial firms such as Bear Stearns and AIG from failing. Which of the following is one reason why these measures were taken?
A) The bankruptcy of a large financial firm would force the firm to sell its holdings of securities, which could cause other firms that hold these securities to also fail. B) The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act required the Fed and the Treasury to provide financial assistance to firms that participated in regular open market actions with the Fed. C) The failure of these firms would have forced the Fed to increase interest rates, which could have led to a severe recession. D) The Fed and the Treasury wanted to allow Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae more time to buy the firms before they went bankrupt.
Refer to the table below. If Fresh Laundry is currently producing 2 quality units, to maximize profit, Fresh Laundry should ________ the number of quality units as the current quality marginal revenue is ________ than its marginal cost.
Fresh Laundry is a firm that produces laundry detergent. The table above summarizes Fresh Laundry's product quality marginal revenue and marginal cost at various quality levels.
A) increase; greater
B) decrease; greater
C) increase; less
D) decrease; less