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Economics is the social science concerned with the best use of scarce resources to achieve maximum satisfactio?
02-28-2014, 12:19 PM
Post: #1
Economics is the social science concerned with the best use of scarce resources to achieve maximum satisfactio?
True or False? PLEASE HELP!
1. Economics is the social science concerned with the best use of scarce resources to achieve maximum satisfaction of economic wants. T or F
2. The production possibilities curve shows various combinations of two products that an economy can produce when achieving full employment. T or F
3. In a competitive market economy, firms and resource suppliers will seek to further their own self-interest and at the same time, as if guided by an "invisible hand," they will promote the public interest. T or F
4. According to the circular flow model of the market system, firms get their ability to pay for their costs of production from the revenues that they receive for their products. T or F
5. If the government pre-sets a price that turns out to be above the actual equilibrium price, a surplus will develop in the market. T or F
6. An increase in demand accompanied by an increase in supply will increase the equilibrium quantity but the effect on equilibrium price will be indeterminate. T or F
7. If the percentage change in quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price, then demand is said to be elastic T or F
8. We would expect the income elasticity of demand for steak to be positive, and that for hamburger to be negative. T or F
9. Whenever there are supply-side market failures in the form of costs that suppliers do not have to face, then there will be overproduction of the output. T or F
10. An effective antipollution policy from the economic perspective requires that all pollution be eliminated and banned. T or F
11. Real GDP can change due to changes in the price level. T or F
12. Buying 100 shares of Google stock would be an example of economic investment. T or F
13. U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) measures the market value of all goods and services produced by Americans in one year. T or F
14. Disposable income includes transfer payments like Social Security benefits and unemployment benefits. T or F
15. If nominal GDP in one year is $5,000 billion and the price index is 135, then the real GDP that year would be $3,704 billion. T or F
16. The so-called "Rule of 70" is a formula for finding the approximate number of times that a value will double in a period of 70 years. T or F
17. There tends to be a positive correlation between real wages of workers and the productivity of labor in the economy. T or F
18. Anyone who is not employed is classified as unemployed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics data on the labor force. T or F
19. Deflation is when the inflation rate turns negative. T or F
20. Cost-push inflation increases real output and employment. T or F

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02-28-2014, 12:30 PM
Post: #2
 
1. Economics is the social science concerned with the best use of scarce resources to achieve maximum satisfaction of economic wants. T
2. The production possibilities curve shows various combinations of two products that an economy can produce when achieving full employment. T
3. In a competitive market economy, firms and resource suppliers will seek to further their own self-interest and at the same time, as if guided by an "invisible hand," they will promote the public interest. T
4. According to the circular flow model of the market system, firms get their ability to pay for their costs of production from the revenues that they receive for their products. T
5. If the government pre-sets a price that turns out to be above the actual equilibrium price, a surplus will develop in the market. T
6. An increase in demand accompanied by an increase in supply will increase the equilibrium quantity but the effect on equilibrium price will be indeterminate. F
7. If the percentage change in quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price, then demand is said to be elastic F
8. We would expect the income elasticity of demand for steak to be positive, and that for hamburger to be negative. F
9. Whenever there are supply-side market failures in the form of costs that suppliers do not have to face, then there will be overproduction of the output. F
10. An effective antipollution policy from the economic perspective requires that all pollution be eliminated and banned. F
11. Real GDP can change due to changes in the price level. T
12. Buying 100 shares of Google stock would be an example of economic investment. F
13. U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) measures the market value of all goods and services produced by Americans in one year. T
14. Disposable income includes transfer payments like Social Security benefits and unemployment benefits. T
15. If nominal GDP in one year is $5,000 billion and the price index is 135, then the real GDP that year would be $3,704 billion. T or F (not sure)
16. The so-called "Rule of 70" is a formula for finding the approximate number of times that a value will double in a period of 70 years. T or F (not sure)
17. There tends to be a positive correlation between real wages of workers and the productivity of labor in the economy. T
18. Anyone who is not employed is classified as unemployed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics data on the labor force. F
19. Deflation is when the inflation rate turns negative. T
20. Cost-push inflation increases real output and employment. F

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