The attempt to capture consumer surplus, producer surplus, or economic profit is called ________

A) a natural monopoly
B) price discrimination
C) rent seeking
D) gouging

C

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Consternation Corporation has an agreement with its workers to index completely the wage of its employees using the CPI. Consternation Corporation currently pays its production line workers $7.50 an hour and is scheduled to index their wages today. If the CPI is currently 130 and was 125 a year ago, the firm should increase the hourly wages of its workers by

a. $0.04. b. $0.29. c. $0.30. d. $0.50.

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