Capital, labor, and natural resources combine to produce goods and services. Which of the following will not lead to an increase in the ability of an economy to produce goods and services?
A) increased training for workers
B) establishing a more productive technology
C) new government restrictions on which technologies may be used to produce goods and services
D) discovery of new oil reserves
Ans: C) new government restrictions on which technologies may be used to produce goods and services
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a. always have perfect information about the real wage. b. base their decisions on the expected real wage. c. may or may not know the real wage. d. could not possibly have perfect information.
Technology
A) is constantly changing at every point along a production possibilities curve. B) is the recipe for combining land, labor, physical capital, and entrepreneurship to produce a good. C) does not have an effect on the amount of a good a society can produce with its given resources. D) only changes if resources change.