How can a firm stay in business if it makes no economic profit in the long run?
What will be an ideal response?
Economic profit is money above the full opportunity cost of the resources employed. That means that the owners are fairly compensated for their opportunity costs of time and capital as part of the total cost function.
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During the Global Economic Crisis, the increase in the unemployment rate in Europe was
A) equal to that in the United States. B) less than that in the United States. C) greater than that in the United States. D) impossible to compare given that Europe did not experience crises.
Many argue the poor are getting poorer, at least in a relative sense. Evidence that contradicts this is that
A) household income of the lowest twenty percent of households relative to the highest twenty percent of households has fallen over the last thirty years. B) the official poverty level of income has increased over the years. C) household spending of the lowest twenty percent of households relative to the highest twenty percent of households has held constant over the last thirty years. D) the pretax distribution of income is more equal than the after-tax distribution of income.