Harry is a computer company executive, earning $200 per hour managing the company and promoting its products. His daughter Quinn is a high school student, earning $6 per hour helping her grandmother on the farm. Harry's computer is broken. He can repair it himself in one hour. Quinn can repair it in 10 hours. Harry's opportunity cost of repairing the computer is lower than Quinn's
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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One reason that some whales were hunted close to extinction is that no one can claim ownership of a whale until it is killed. If property rights to the whale population were established:
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