If hiring a minority would drive away customers, then discriminating against that minority might increase profits for the business that is doing the hiring

Some economists argue that the productivity slowdown of the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s was due to changes in oil prices that

A) increased production costs, causing firms to reorganize production to conserve energy, which reduced output per worker. B) decreased production costs, causing firms to reorganize production to conserve energy, which reduced output per worker. C) increased production costs, causing firms to reorganize production to conserve energy, which increased output per worker. D) decreased production costs, causing firms to increase production, which reduced output per worker.

Use the following demand and supply functions: Demand:Qd = 900 - 60PSupply:Qs = -200 + 50PIf the price is currently $11, there is a

A. shortage of 240 units. B. surplus of 350 units. C. shortage of 700 units. D. surplus of 110 units.