Suppose a plaintiff hires a lawyer to represent her in a court case. The lawyer will be paid by the hour. Under this contract
A) efficiency is not achieved.
B) the client bears all of the risk.
C) the lawyer has an incentive to lie about his hours worked.
D) All of the above.
D
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The table above shows a nation's production possibilities frontier. If the nation chooses to increase the production of robots from 2 to 3 and it is on its PPF, it will have to forgo ________ pizzas
A) 34 B) 35.5 C) 3 D) 37 E) None of the above answers is correct.
Why does redistribution, so that the distribution of income is equal, bring about less total output?
A) Incentives to work are reduced. B) No one can determine marginal benefit or marginal cost as a result. C) Those in political power will likely receive a larger income. D) Because the marginal benefit and marginal cost of work have been equally increased. E) The premise of the question is incorrect because an equal distribution of income would increase rather than decrease the total amount produced.
Which of the following applies to the use of money as a unit of account?
I. A unit of account is an agreed measure for stating the prices of goods and services. II. Using money as a unit of account creates a simplified pricing system. III. Economies choose many goods as units of account. A) I only B) II only C) I and III D) I and II
Suppose the government spending multiplier is 2. The federal government cuts spending by $40 billion. What is the change in GDP if the price level is not held constant?
A) a decrease of less than $80 billion B) an increase equal to $80 billion C) an increase of greater than $80 billion D) an increase of less than $80 billion E) a decrease of more than $80 billion