Describe the cost of discrimination to society. How is the cost of discrimination illustrated in a production possibilities curve?

What will be an ideal response?

Discrimination has private and social costs. It transfers income and benefits from one group to another. It also reduces the output and income of the economy by operating as an artificial barrier to competition. In a production possibilities model, discrimination can be pictured as a point inside the production possibilities frontier. The society has not achieved productive efficiency.

Economics

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A) imports exceed exports. B) imports equal exports. C) exports exceed imports. D) exports are zero.

Economics

How does the aggregate supply curve differ from a supply curve for, say, bananas?

What will be an ideal response?

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