In the figure above, if the wage rate is $6 per hour, then the
A) firms' surplus is the area d + e + f.
B) workers' surplus is the area a + b + c.
C) deadweight loss equals zero.
D) Only answers A and C are correct.
E) Answers A, B, and C are correct.
E
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a. remain fixed because capital is never mobile. b. increase in the capitalintensive industry. c. move to the higher productivity use in the labor intensive industry until returns are again equalized. d. become idled as owners of capital seek more profitable opportunities.
A monetarist economist believes that
A) if the economy was left alone, it would rarely operate at full employment. B) the economy is self-regulating and always at full employment. C) the economy is self-regulating and will normally, though not always, operate at full employment if monetary policy is not erratic. D) the economy is self-regulating and will normally, though not always, operate at full employment if fiscal policy is not erratic.