According to your authors, which of the following is necessary for real-world markets to clear?
A) Supply and demand curves
B) The hard work of expert economists
C) A well-managed national economic plan
D) "Rules of the game," which allow for competitive bidding on scarce goods
E) Nothing more than pure luck
D
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To compare the purchasing power of nominal wages in two different years, one must:
A. deflate both quantities by a common price index. B. adjust both quantities by the real interest rate. C. increase both quantities by the same percentage increase in a price index. D. compare the nominal values.
Suppose a paper mill earns $1,000,000 in profits when it pollutes a river, and it can abate pollution at a cost of $120,000. The effects of the pollution are confined to a single farmer who earns $400,000 if the water he uses from the river is clean, and $300,000 if it's polluted. Suppose there is no law preventing the firm from polluting the river. Which of the following describes an efficient outcome in this case?
A. The owner of the mill is unable to pay the farmer enough to secure his permission to pollute the river. B. The farmer is unable to pay the owner of the mill enough to get him to stop polluting. C. The owner of the mill pays the farmer $110,000 for his permission to pollute the river. D. The farmer pays the owner of the mill $90,000 to stop polluting.
Coffee is an example of a product that has been successfully labeled and marketed based on its production method or environmental protection
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following would not describe two thirds of the for-profit businesses in the United States as measured by sheer number of firms?
a. small retail businesses b. small service operations c. part-time home-based businesses d. small farms e. multinational corporation