Exam 1: Ten Principles of Economics.

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It once took 90 percent of our population to grow our food.It now takes only 3 percent of the population to grow our food.Which of the following statements is true?

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Suppose that the average income of a Costa Rican is higher than the average income of a Guatemalan.You might conclude that

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Market economies are distinguished from other types of economies largely on the basis of

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Government policies can change the costs and benefits that people face.Those policies have the potential to

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An increase in the marginal cost of an activity necessarily means that people will no longer engage in any of that activity.

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Suppose the state of Illinois passes a law that bans smoking in restaurants.As a result,residents of Wisconsin who do not like breathing second-hand smoke begin driving across the border to Illinois to eat at restaurants there.Which of the following principles does this best illustrate?

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In which of the following decades was there both high inflation and rapid money supply growth in the US?

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Central planning refers to

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An increase in the overall level of prices in an economy is referred to as

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It once took 90 percent of our population to grow our food.It now takes only 3 percent of the population to grow our food.Which of the following statements is true?

Suppose that the average income of a Costa Rican is higher than the average income of a Guatemalan.You might conclude that

Market economies are distinguished from other types of economies largely on the basis of

Government policies can change the costs and benefits that people face.Those policies have the potential to

An increase in the marginal cost of an activity necessarily means that people will no longer engage in any of that activity.

Suppose the state of Illinois passes a law that bans smoking in restaurants.As a result,residents of Wisconsin who do not like breathing second-hand smoke begin driving across the border to Illinois to eat at restaurants there.Which of the following principles does this best illustrate?

In which of the following decades was there both high inflation and rapid money supply growth in the US?

Central planning refers to

An increase in the overall level of prices in an economy is referred to as

Thinking Like an Economist.

Interdependence and the Gains from Trade.

The Market Forces of Supply and Demand.

Elasticity and Its Application

Supply, Demand, And Government Policies.

Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets.

Application: The Costs of Taxation.

Application: International Trade.

Externalities.

Public Goods and Common Resources.

The Design of the Tax System.

The Costs of Production.

Firms in Competitive Markets.

Monopoly.

Monopolistic Competition.

Oligopoly.

The Market For the Factors of Production.

Earnings and Discrimination.

Income Inequality and Poverty.

The Theory of Consumer Choice.

Frontiers in Microeconomics.

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