Economics is concerned with:
a. the choices people must make because resources are scarce
b. human decision makers and the factors that influence their choices.
c. the allocation of limited resources to satisfy unlimited wants.
d. all of the above.
d
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Jess is willing to pay $10, Ania is willing to pay $16, Mandy is willing to pay $24, and Chloe is willing to pay $12 for a subscription to the magazine. Who will subscribe to the magazine? A) Ania, Mandy, and Chloe B) Jess, Ania, Mandy, and Chloe C) Jess, Ania, and Chloe D) Mandy and Chloe
Governments can most effectively encourage a firm to produce the efficient level of output of a good whose production causes a beneficial externality by
a. increasing the demand at every price for the good. b. subsidizing the production of the good. c. taxing the production of the good. d. imposing a price ceiling on the good.
An increase in our federal government's budget deficit will likely:
a. increase the national debt. b. increase interest rates. c. be less effective in stimulating the economy than the spending multiplier implies because of crowding out. d. decrease borrowing by households and businesses. e. All of the answers are correct.
Hypothetical Production Schedule for a Two-Product Economy
A. 4 units of capital goods are gained, while the capacity to produce 32 consumer goods are lost.
B. 16 units of capital goods are gained at an opportunity cost of producing 40 consumer goods.
C. 16 units of capital goods are gained at an opportunity cost of producing 72 consumer goods.
D. 4 units of capital goods are gained, while the capacity to produce 72 consumer goods are lost.