The problem of a double coincidence of wants refers to
A) the insatiability of wants in a free market economy.
B) poorly-managed companies producing what consumers want only by coincidence.
C) the necessity in a barter system of each trading partner wanting what the other has to trade.
D) the likelihood that needs will not be the same as wants.
C
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Transfer payments typically
A) rise during expansionary periods. B) fall during recessions. C) do not change as the economy expands and contracts during the business cycle. D) fall during expansionary periods and rise during recessionary periods.
Macroeconomics deals with ________ while microeconomics deals with ________
A) choices important to people; choices not important to people B) economywide choices; choices of individuals C) choices that involve money; choices that does not involve money D) choices of rich people; choices of poor people