Improvements in technology tend to
A. lower the cost of producing a given output.
B. increase the output produced for a given cost.
C. increase supply.
D. all of the above.
Answer: D
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a. economists would be unable to command high salaries if their models were so simple that anyone could understand them b. human behavior is very erratic and unpredictable c. reality is too complex to understand in its entirety, so we must reduce it to a level that we can understand d. they always try to duplicate all possible information and cover all possible variables that might influence decision making e. we must rely on value judgments and ignore reality
It takes Ross 6 hours to produce a bushel of corn and 2 hours to wash and polish a car. It takes Courtney 6 hours to produce a bushel of corn and 1 hour to wash and polish a car. Courtney and Ross cannot gain from specialization and trade, since it takes each of them 6 hours to produce 1 bushel of corn
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following economists believed that the factory owner, by paying his workers meager wages, was able to use this surplus to buy more capital goods?
A. Adam Smith B. Thorstein Veblen C. Milton Friedman D. Karl Marx
Unemployment was fairly low during all of the following periods except
A. The late 1990s. B. The Great Depression. C. World War II. D. The Korean War.