A contract that requires the investor to sell securities on a future date is called a

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Command economies do a better job at maximizing social welfare in comparison to market economies. B) The incentive problem and the coordination problem lead to lower efficiency in market economies. C) Central planners in command economies have to make decisions that prices would have automatically made in market economies. D) Bringing economic agents together to trade is easier in command economies in comparison to market economies.

Which of the following statements is false?

A) Richer countries tend to be found in North America, Western Europe, and Japan. B) Countries with large populations tend to be rich. C) Growth of per capita GNP tends to be quite stable about 1.5-3 percent per year in industrialized countries. D) Over the past several decades, growth of per capita GNP tends to be higher on average in industrialized countries than in low or middle-income countries.