Based on the data in the above table, then if opportunity costs are constant, the opportunity cost of producing one cuckoo clock in the United States is ________, and the opportunity cost of producing one cuckoo clock in Switzerland is ________
A) 3 movies; 1.33 cuckoo clocks
B) 0.33 movies; 0.67 cuckoo clocks
C) 0.67 movie; 1.5 movies
D) 1.5 movies; 0.67 movie
D
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What will be an ideal response?
If you were a Keynesian economist, you would believe that the economy
a. will always move toward full-employment real GDP b. has a tendency to generate inflation regardless of whether it's at full employment real GDP or not c. will decrease unemployment by lowering wage rates until the labor market is in equilibrium d. is driven by the supply-side of the market e. may be in equilibrium at less than full employment
An economist might be hired to answer which of the following questions?
a. What will the price of oil be next year? b. Why is the median income of women about half the median income of men? c. How much will interest rates change as the federal deficit decreases? d. How much will inflation change if import restrictions are imposed? e. All of the above are correct.
Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.4According to Figure 2.4, as the economy moves from Point A to Point E, the opportunity cost of motorcycles, measured in terms of hybrid cars
A. remains constant. B. decreases. C. initially increases, then decreases. D. increases.