In 1980, in order to stimulate agricultural production, Fidel Castro allowed Cuban farmers to sell their goods directly to consumers and keep whatever profit they made. Some farmers were earning $50,000 per year, compared with the average worker income of $2,400. The workers resented this. Castro denounced the farmers as “capitalist gangsters” and closed the free markets. Cuban cash income declined 5 percent and fresh vegetables were in short supply. This illustrates the economic concept of the
A. law of comparative advantage.
B. equality-efficiency trade-off.
C. cost disease of the service sector.
D. unemployment-inflation trade-off.
E. All of these responses are correct.
Answer: B
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A) lower equilibrium price and quantity in the market. B) increase equilibrium quantity and price in the market. C) lower equilibrium quantity and raise equilibrium price in the market. D) raise equilibrium quantity and lower equilibrium price in the market.
By 1916, there were 340,000 corporations in the U.S. The growth in the number of corporations was partly due to
a. increasing numbers of urban dwellers. b. the development of formal markets for stocks and bonds. c. the acceptance by most states of the doctrine of limited liability. d. mass production which led to lower per-unit costs for output. e. All of the above.