An inward shift of a nation's production possibilities frontier can occur due to
A) a reduction in unemployment.
B) a natural disaster like a hurricane or bad earthquake.
C) a change in the amounts of one good desired.
D) an increase in the labor force.
Answer: B
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A) There was a steady increase in new patents throughout the 1970s. B) The number of new patents granted each year has remained unchanged since the early 1970s. C) The number of new patents granted each year declined by more than 50 percent after 2001. D) There was a surge in new patents in the latter part of the 1990s.
Consider a labor market in equilibrium. If both demand curve and supply curve of labor shift to the right, then the number of workers hired in the market will:
A. increase. B. decrease. C. remain unchanged. D. either increase or decrease or remain unchanged.