The figure above shows the market for milk. If the government pays the milk producers a subsidy and production increases to 300 gallons per day
A) the market is efficient because the marginal social benefit from the last gallon of milk exceeds its marginal social cost.
B) the market is efficient because the total social benefit from milk exceed the total social cost.
C) there is a deadweight loss because the marginal social benefit from the last gallon of milk exceeds its marginal social cost.
D) there is a deadweight loss because the marginal social cost of the last gallon of milk exceeds its marginal social benefit.
D
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Which of the following statements regarding the unemployment rates in the U.S. between 1971 and 2002 is true?
a. The unemployment among the whites were much lower compared to the non-whites. b. The unemployment rate for all workers reached a low of 2.9 percent in 1982. c. The unemployment rate of both male and female workers have consistently increased from 1971 to 1998. d. The whites had much higher unemployment rates than the nonwhites. e. Teenagers reported the lowest unemployment rates in the country.
To be a positive economic statement, an assertion must be true
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false