Adam Smith, in his book, The Wealth of Nations, advocated:

a. socialism.
b. an economy guided by an "invisible hand."
c. government control of the "invisible hand."
d. the adoption of mercantilism.


b

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Provide three examples of scarcity that illustrate why even the 1,210 billionaires in the world face scarcity

What will be an ideal response?

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Holding all other forces constant, if increasing the price of a good leads to a decrease in total revenue, then the demand for the good must be

a. unit elastic. b. inelastic. c. elastic. d. None of the above is correct because a price increase always leads to an decrease in total revenue.

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Related to the Economics in Practice on page 292: The smart phone industry is best characterized as

A. an oligopoly. B. a monopoly. C. monopolistically competitive. D. purely competitive.

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