In the economic way of thinking, a tropical rainforest is a scarce good. Thus,
A) there is no substitute for a tropical rain forest.
B) there is a substitute for a tropical rain forest.
C) tropical rains forests should be preserved at any cost.
D) tropical rain forests can be preserved at no cost.
E) economists don't like tropical rainforests.
B
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Shoe leather costs include the ________ due to the more frequent trips to the bank, the new cash management systems and the expanded employment in banks that inflation causes.
A. deflating and indexing that are necessary B. redistribution that occur C. time and effort that are used up D. substitution and price adjustment biases that arise
Holding other factors constant, if growing concerns about job security raise precautionary saving, then the real interest rate will ________ and the equilibrium quantity of national saving and investment will ________.
A. increase; increase B. decrease; decrease C. decrease; increase D. increase; decrease
Policies aimed at reducing the natural rate of unemployment are referred to as
a. stabilization policies. b. structural policies. c. macroeconomic policies. d. labor policies.
A major corporation hires high school students on a part-time basis. It offers a reward of $5,000 to any of its high school seniors who graduate college in four years
What is the present value of that reward to a student who just finished her junior year of high school, assuming a nominal rate of interest of 8%?