The free rider problem:
A. results because people act unselfishly.
B. can never prevent pure public goods from being supplied.
C. prevents voluntary cost sharing from achieving the efficient output of a public good.
D. results because people behave irrationally.
Answer: C
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Refer to Figure 4-1. If the market price is $3.50, what is the consumer surplus on the first ice cream cone?
A) $0 B) $0.50 C) $3.50 D) $9.00
Which of the following statements about GDP is correct?
a. GDP measures two things at once: the total income of everyone in the economy and the total expenditure on the economy's output of goods and services. b. Money continuously flows from households to firms and then back to households, and GDP measures this flow of money. c. GDP is generally regarded as the best single measure of a society's economic well-being. d. All of the above are correct.
The law of increasing opportunity costs is a result of the fact that:
A) the value of the dollar has declined over time. B) wage rates rise as the economy reaches full employment. C) consumers tend to value a good more when they don't have much of it. D) resources are not equally productive in all output categories.
Negative returns set in with the _____ worker.
