What are the three interrelated features of the economic perspective?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
First, economics recognizes that there is a general condition of scarcity that forces individuals and society to make choices. Human and property resources are scarce, so choices must be made about how best to use those limited resources. Second, economics assumes that private or public decision-making is based on “rational self-interest.” People make rational decisions to achieve the maximum satisfaction of a goal. Consumers try to get the best value for their expenditures. Workers try to get the best job given their skills and abilities. Businesses try to maximize their profits. Elected representatives try to enact policies that best promote the national interest. Third, economics focuses on marginal analysis when making an economic decision. The marginal or “additional” costs from an economic choice are weighed against the additional benefit. If the marginal benefit outweighs the marginal costs, then a decision will be made to take the beneficial action. If the marginal cost is greater than the marginal benefit, then the action will not be taken.
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Refer to Table 2-11. This table shows the number of labor hours required to produce a cell phone and a board foot of lumber in Estonia and Finland
a. Which country has an absolute advantage in the production of cell phones? b. Which country has an absolute advantage in the production of lumber? c. What is Estonia's opportunity cost of producing one cell phone? d. What is Finland's opportunity cost of producing one cell phone? e. What is Estonia's opportunity cost of producing one board foot of lumber? f. What is Finland's opportunity cost of producing one board foot of lumber? g. If each country specializes in the production of the product in which it has a comparative advantage, who should produce cell phones? h. If each country specializes in the production of the product in which it has a comparative advantage, who should produce lumber?
The trade balance is
a. the services balance plus the current account balance plus the capital account balance b. merchandise exports minus merchandise imports c. the current account balance plus the capital account balance d. foreign purchases of domestic assets minus domestic purchases of foreign assets e. the services balance plus the capital account balance
Gross domestic product is a dollar measure of
A. total gross investment in an economy. B. total industrial sales in a particular time period. C. the total physical product of the economy. D. the value of all final goods and services produced in one time period.
Suppose a farmer in a perfectly competitive agricultural industry rents land that is uniquely productive in the production of a certain crop. In the long run,
A) the owner of the land receives economic rent while the farmer earns zero economic profit. B) the owner of the land earns zero economic profit while the farmer receives economic rent. C) both the farmer and the owner of the land receive economic rent. D) neither the farmer nor the owner of the land receive economic rent.