According to your authors, the United States would probably not have experienced tremendous economic growth between 1800 and 1870 were it not for

Thomas Jefferson argued that the U.S. should adopt the Spanish dollar as the official unit of account because

a. so many colonists came from Spanish-speaking nations. b. it was based on the decimal system. c. it was less prone to inflation than other units of account. d. it was the unit of account used in most European countries.

Tacit collusion occurs in industries that

a. are monopolistically competitive b. contain price leaders c. experience rapid technological change d. are regulated e. produce very differentiated products