The first commercial introduction of transparent tape is an example of:

A. innovation.
B. invention.
C. creative destruction.
D. diffusion.


Answer: A

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Bobby moves along an indifference curve for shirts and pants by increasing consumption of shirts and decreasing consumption of pants. As Bobby has more and more pants, the number of shirts he is willing to trade for yet another pair of pants

A) decreases. B) increases. C) does not change. D) initially decreases and then increases.

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How would an increase in the gas tax in the United States to the European level change carbon emissions? Would this tax increase bring greater efficiency or would it increase deadweight loss?

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a. are without a job, but are available for work and have tried to find a job during the previous four weeks. b. work without pay in a family member's business. c. are waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off. d. All of the above are correct.

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