Which of the following does NOT describe the relationship between banks and small business during the 2000s (prior to the financial crisis)?
A) Banks typically applied fixed guidelines for granting loans, leaving little room for personal judgment.
B) Fewer small businesses received loans as banks shifted their focus to mortgages.
C) Many small businesses were receiving loans from regional and national banks.
D) More banks became convinced that it would be profitable to loosen their loan guidelines to make more borrowers eligible to receive credit.
B
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Which of the following statements is false?
A) Each country as a whole is made better off as a result of international trade, but individuals within each country may be made worse off. B) Within each country, some individuals are made better off as a result of international trade, but one of the countries will be worse off overall. C) Although some individuals may not be made better off as a result of international trade, both countries may be made better off overall. D) Not all individuals in both countries are made better off as a result of international trade.
Equilibrium in a perfectly competitive market results in the greatest amount of economic surplus, or total benefit to society, from the production of a good
Why, then, did Joseph Schumpeter argue that an economy may benefit more from firms that have market power than from firms that are perfectly competitive?