Economics:
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Chapter 2, Problem 8E
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production possibilities frontier can shift outward if
Select one:
a.
government increases the amount of money in the economy.
b.
there is a technological improvement.
c.
the economy abandons inefficient production methods in favour of efficient production methods.
d.
resources are shifted from the production of one good to the production of the other good.
You have a field on which you can grow two types of crops, barley and wheat. The field has 30 acres and each acre can produce 2 wheat or 3 barley.
10. What is the opportunity cost of barley?
Scarcity is a condition that exists when
A. there is a fixed supply of resources relative to the demand for the product.
B. there is a large demand for the product.
C. resources are not able to meet the entire demand for a product.
D. All of the above.
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