The monopsonistic exploitation of labor refers to
A) the reduction in total output from monopoly in the product market.
B) the union wage differential.
C) workers being paid a wage less than their marginal revenue product.
D) the reduction in employment resulting from union wage setting.
C
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Based on the figure below. Starting from long-run equilibrium at point C, a tax cut that increases aggregate demand from AD to AD1 will lead to a short-run equilibrium at point ________ and eventually to a long-run equilibrium at point ________, if left to self-correcting tendencies.
A. D; C B. B; C C. B; A D. D; B
Suppose that in October the price of a cup of cafe latte was $2.50 and 400 lattes were consumed. In November the price of a latte was $2.00 and 600 lattes were consumed. What might have caused this change?
A) The price of coffee beans (an input of production of cafe lattes) fell. B) The price of coffee beans (an input of production of cafe lattes) rose. C) The price of tea (a substitute for cafe lattes) rose. D) The price of tea (a substitute for cafe lattes) fell.
Give an example of a positive economic statement and a normative economic statement
What will be an ideal response?
For a monopolist with a linear demand curve, total revenue is maximum when:
a. marginal revenue is positive. b. marginal revenue is at its maximum. c. the price elasticity of demand is greater than unity. d. the price elasticity of demand is equal to unity. e. marginal revenue is at its minimum.