A price ceiling will be binding only if it is set
a. equal to the equilibrium price.
b. above the equilibrium price.
c. below the equilibrium price.
d. either above or below the equilibrium price.
c
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The argument that jobs are lost to free trade is
A) correct because jobs are lost but foreign countries are helped and we can afford losses. B) totally false because no jobs are lost to free trade. C) somewhat correct because some jobs are lost but incorrect because new jobs also are created. D) true only when tariffs are imposed on the goods being imported. E) incorrect because no jobs are lost and new jobs are created by trade.
Decreasing marginal returns occur in the short run as more labor is hired to work in a fixed sized plant because
A) less efficient and less productive workers are hired. B) adding more workers exhausts the possible gains from specialization. C) the entrepreneur does not know how to manage more workers. D) each worker will produce more than the worker previously hired. E) the plant becomes less specialized.