A worker repairing VHS cassette-tape players was laid off because most of his customers have started using DVD players. This worker is now:

What will be an ideal response?


structurally unemployed.

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A) 0.8. B) -8.0. C) -1.25. D) 8.0.

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The Single European Act was expected to create economic benefits by reducing the costs and risks of currency market transactions

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Suppose an economy grows by 2.5 percent, the labor force rises by 3 percent, and capital rises by 1 percent. If capital takes 50 percent of real GDP and labor takes the other 50 percent of real GDP, then the growth in total factor productivity must be _____

a. 6.5% b. 4.5% c. 0.5% d. 6% e. 10%

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Public policy, without intending to do so, can increase frictional unemployment

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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