One typical cause of poverty is a lack of
a. money
b. faith in the market system
c. human capital
d. desire to work
e. all of the above
C
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The balance of payments is in equilibrium when
A) the sum of the current account balance and capital account balance is zero. B) net exports are zero. C) net foreign investment is zero. D) real foreign investment is equal to net exports.
Suppose that the percentage change in supply is -50%, the price elasticity of demand is 4, and the price elasticity of supply is 1. The equilibrium price will:
A. decrease by 10 percent. B. increase by 55 percent. C. increase by 10 percent. D. decrease by 55 percent.
If a firm uses only capital and labor as inputs, then what should the firm do at a given rate of production if the marginal physical product of labor per last dollar spent is higher than the marginal physical product of capital per last dollar spent?
A) The firm should increase both the quantity of capital and the quantity of labor. B) The firm should decrease both the quantity of capital and the quantity of labor. C) The firm should increase the quantity of capital and reduce the quantity of labor. D) The firm should decrease the quantity of capital and increase the quantity of labor.
The economy pictured in the figure has a(n) ________ gap with a short-run equilibrium combination of inflation and output indicated by point ________. 
A. recessionary; A B. recessionary; C C. recessionary; B D. expansionary; A