Explain what economic efficiency is. How does a price system lead to economic efficiency?
What will be an ideal response?
Market failure is a situation in which a market economy either allocates too few or too many resources to a specific economic activity. That is, it is a situation in which a market economy does not achieve economic efficiency. The price system achieves economic efficiency as long as there are not any market failures. But, when there are market failures, an unregulated price system does not achieve economic efficiency, and there is a potential role for government to intervene in some way to bring about an efficient situation.
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Countries that experience very high rates of inflation may also have
A) balanced budgets. B) rapidly growing money supplies. C) falling money supplies. D) constant money supplies.
If the short-run aggregate supply curve is shifting down repeatedly, it is rather likely that ________
A) output is declining repeatedly, relative to potential output B) the long-run aggregate supply curve is shifting to the left C) negative price shocks are recurring D) all of the above E) none of the above