Compared to 1960-79, U.S. net national saving form 1980-92 as a proportion of national income

A) rose tremendously.
B) rose slightly.
C) fell slightly.
D) fell precipitously.


D

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Day care is provided by a competitive constant-cost industry at a price of $40 per child per day. The government wants to increase the availability of day care and thus chooses to build and operate 50 new day care centers across the nation.

(i) In the short run, what happens to the price of day care? Does the total amount of day care provided increase in the short run? What happens to the profits of day care centers? (ii) In the long run, what happens to the size of the day care industry? What happens to the price of day care and the profits of day care centers? Does the total amount of day care provided increase in the long run?

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In a perfectly competitive market, one farmer's barley is

A) completely different from another farmer's barley. B) a perfect substitute for another farmer's barley. C) a monopolized product in that farmer's local market. D) a monopolized product in the national market. E) slightly different from another farmer's barley.

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The federal government debt as a percentage of GDP fell

A) from 1980-1992. B) from 2002-2007. C) during the Great Depression. D) during World War I and World War II. E) from 1998-2001.

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An individual consumes only hamburgers and milkshakes. The last hamburger consumed yields 25 utils of satisfaction, while the last milkshake consumed yields 10 utils of satisfaction. If the price of a hamburger is $2.50 and the price of a milkshake is $1.50, we can conclude that: a. the consumer should consume more hamburgers and fewer milkshakes. b. the consumer should consume more milkshakes

and fewer hamburgers. c. the consumer has achieved consumer equilibrium. d. the consumer should buy only milkshakes.

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