On a 100-acre farm, a farmer is able to produce 3,000 bushels of wheat when he hires 2 workers. He is able to produce 4,400 bushels of wheat when he hires 3 workers. Which of the following possibilities is consistent with the property of diminishing marginal product?
a. The farmer is able to produce 5,600 bushels of wheat when he hires 4 workers.
b. The farmer is able to produce 5,400 bushels of wheat when he hires 4 workers.
c. The farmer is able to produce 5,200 bushels of wheat when he hires 4 workers.
d. Any of the above could be correct.
d
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When market failure is present,
a. democratic political decision-making can be counted on to improve the efficiency of resource allocation. b. market allocation will achieve idealized economic efficiency. c. the conditions implied by idealized efficient allocation of resources will be absent, but it does not follow that political action will improve the situation. d. democratic political decision-making will never be able to improve the efficiency of resource allocation.
Which of the following is a normative question?
A. Should the government require cars to be fuel efficient? B. Does legalized abortion lead to lower crime rates? C. Will moving a plant overseas reduce production costs? D. Will an increase in the minimum wage reduce poverty?