Tired of looking for work with nothing to show for it, Bill has given up on the job search. Bill is
A. a contingent worker.
B. part of the frictionally unemployed.
C. voluntarily unemployed.
D. a discouraged worker.
D. a discouraged worker.
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Refer to Table 2-7. The Shellfish Shack produces only shrimp and oysters. The table above shows the maximum possible output combinations of the two types of shellfish using all resources and currently available technology
a. Suppose The Shellfish Shack is currently producing at point E. What is the opportunity cost of producing an additional 11,000 pounds of oysters? b. Suppose The Shellfish Shack is currently producing at point E. What happens to the opportunity cost of producing more and more shrimp? Does it increase, decrease, or remain constant? Explain your answer. c. Suppose The Shellfish Shack is currently producing at point B. What happens to the opportunity cost of producing more and more oysters? Does it increase, decrease, or remain constant? Explain your answer. d. Suppose The Shellfish Shack is plagued by a disease which destroys oyster beds but not shrimp habitats. What would happen to its PPF?
Purchases of Huggies diapers should
A) increase in recessions and decrease in expansions. B) decrease in recessions and increase in expansions. C) remain fairly constant over the business cycle. D) increase in recessions and remain constant in expansions.
Which of the following would be considered an implicit cost?
a. Health insurance of employees paid for by the firm b. The water bill of the firm c. The salaries paid to the managers of the firm d. Foregone rent on assets owned by the firm
The German inflation rate after World War I was measured in the thousands of percents. This condition is referred to as
a. fundamental inflation. b. environmental inflation. c. hyperinflation. d. episodic inflation.