A Purchasing Manager's Index below 50 indicates

What is meant by the "law of one price"?

A) A law was passed in 1913 that made it illegal to sell the same good or service to different people for different prices. B) This is a section of the Sherman Act that forced trusts (for example, the Standard Oil Company) to charge the same price for the same good or service in different states. C) Foreign companies should not be allowed to sell a product in the United States for prices different from prices these companies charge in other countries. D) Identical products should sell for the same price everywhere.

In the Malthusian model, state-mandated population control policies are likely to

A) decrease the equilibrium size of the population and increase the equilibrium level of consumption per worker. B) decrease the equilibrium size of the population and have no effect on the equilibrium level of consumption per worker. C) have no effect on the equilibrium size of the population and increase the equilibrium level of consumption per worker. D) have no effect on either the equilibrium size of the population or the equilibrium level of consumption per worker.