Suppose the Utopian economy has the following characteristics: 100,000 people in the noninstitutional population; 80,000 people employed; 20,000 people not in the labor force. What's the unemployment rate?

A) -20 percent
B) 0 percent
C) 25 percent
D) 60 percent
E) 80 percent

B

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Under the Bretton Woods agreements,

a. the IMF was created to punish countries that did not maintain fixed exchange rates. b. a system of fixed exchange rates based on gold was established. c. each country agreed to buy and sell its currency to maintain a fixed exchange rate. d. All of the above are correct.

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Suppose that a worker in Country A can make either 10 iPods or 5 tablets each year. Country A has 100 workers. Suppose a worker in Country B can make either 2 iPods or 10 tablets each year. Country B has 200 workers. Country B has the comparative advantage in the production of:

A. tablets only. B. neither iPods nor tablets. C. iPods only. D. both iPods and tablets.

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