If a firm chooses to produce 100 units of output for $150 with 10 units of labor and 12 units of capital, when they could produce the same 100 units for $120 with 10 units of labor and 8 units of capital, the firm is technologically ________ and

An information cascade occurs when:

A) the buyer of a good has more information than the seller and takes hidden actions. B) the seller of a good has more information about the hidden characteristics of the good. C) people make the same decisions as others without focusing on private information. D) people have contradictory information about a good they want to consume.

Which of the following is not an idea advocated by Adam Smith?

a. Businesspersons conspiring to fix prices are a threat to the price system. b. Pursuit of private self interest with an invisible hand is the best way to promote the public interest. c. Government should control the economy. d. The government should provide for national defense and little else.