In his book, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, economist Adam Smith argued that individuals
A) always tend to act in an altruistic manner.
B) always consider the impact of their actions on the welfare of others.
C) are motivated by self-interest.
D) are generally not concerned with economic questions.
C
You might also like to view...
In the figure above, if the market is unregulated,
A) more than the efficient amount of output will be produced. B) less than the efficient amount of output will be produced. C) the allocation of resources will be efficient because the efficient amount of output will be produced. D) the deadweight loss will be zero.
In the Keynesian cross diagram, a decrease in investment spending because companies become more pessimistic about investment profitability causes the aggregate demand function to shift down, the equilibrium level of aggregate output to ________, and
the IS curve to shift to the ________, everything else held constant. A) rise; left B) rise; right C) fall; left D) fall; right