If a ship-building company purchases $250 million worth of steel in one year but does not use it, this is considered investment spending
a. True
b. False.
A
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Refer to Figure a. Assuming the solid line in the graph is a constant expected consumption line where ? (the probability of state S) = 0.50, which constant expected consumption line reflects an increase in ??
A. The dotted line
B. The dashed line
C. An increase in ? does not result in a change in the expected consumption line.
D. A change in ? results in a parallel shift in the expected consumption line, so neither the dotted nor the dashed line reflects this change.
A decrease in the price of rice from 50 cents to 40 cents a pound increases consumption from 16 to 20 tons a week in Gainesville and from 160 to 200 tons in the larger city of Miami. The elasticity of demand for rice is
a. greater in Miami than in Gainesville, even taking into account the population difference. b. greater in Gainesville than in Miami in spite of the population difference. c. equal in Gainesville and Miami regardless of the population difference. d. impossible to compare because of the population difference.
Which of the following could increase the labor-supply curve for computer-repair technicians?
a. an increase in the wages paid to computer-repair technicians b. an increase in immigration c. a change in the work preferences of men, with more of them preferring to be stay-at-home fathers d. an increase in the wages paid to television-repair technicians
Give an example of something that is scarce in your life and explain the choices you've made because of scarcity.
What will be an ideal response?