Using the utility possibilities frontier above explain three ways that this society of two individuals can be made better off without making anyone worse off if it starts at point A
What will be an ideal response?
It could move to the right and make Bill better off while keeping Susan's utility constant. It could move upward and make Susan better off while keeping Bill's utility constant or it could move up and to the right and make both better off.
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If the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied, then there is
A) a shortage and the price is below the equilibrium price. B) a shortage and the price is above the equilibrium price. C) a surplus and the price is below the equilibrium price. D) a surplus and the price is above the equilibrium price.
The notion of opportunity cost can be represented graphically by the
a. area inside the production possibilities frontier. b. slope of the production possibilities frontier. c. vertical distance from the horizontal axis to the production possibilities frontier. d. horizontal distance from the vertical axis to the production possibilities frontier. e. sum of the horizontal and vertical distances to the production possibilities frontier.
Here are the costs of going to college: tuition $5,000; books $200; housing $1,000; food $1,000; lost income from work $10,000. Studying and work are equally desirable in your mind. Suppose that you could work part-time and make $5,000 at a job you would volunteer to do. You live on campus instead of at home. What is the cost of going to school?
A. $7,200 B. $11,200 C. $5,200 D. $16,200
Private goods are those goods
A) that violate the principle of rival consumption. B) for which no public market exists. C) that can only be consumed by one individual at a time. D) to which the non-exclusion principle applies.