The problem of a double coincidence of wants refers to
A) the insatiability of wants in a free market economy.
B) poorly-managed companies producing what consumers want only by coincidence.
C) the necessity in a barter system of each trading partner wanting what the other has to trade.
D) the likelihood that needs will not be the same as wants.
C
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Refer to Figure 16-8. In the graph above, suppose the economy in Year 1 is at point A and is expected in Year 2 to be at point B. Which of the following policies could Congress and the president use to move the economy to point C?
A) decrease government purchases B) increase income taxes C) sell Treasury bills D) increase government purchases
The Federal Reserve System controls the money supply primarily through
A. open market operations. B. accounting operations. C. reserve requirement changes. D. jawboning.
Overall, U. S. citizens and foreign-born residents embrace change that promises overall growth. This is evidenced by which of the following?
(a) Innovation (b) The growth of new industries and the demise of others (c) Population migration from one part of the U.S. to another (d) All of the above
Regarding U.S. antitrust activity, the rule of reason was expressed in the
a. Standard Oil case. b. Robinson-Patman Act. c. Clayton Act. d. ALCOA case.