If a firm knew every consumer's willingness to pay and could prevent arbitrage it could charge every consumer a different price. This practice is known as
A) first-degree transfer of consumer surplus, or perfect price discrimination.
B) first-degree price discrimination, or perfect price discrimination.
C) maximization of producer surplus, or perfect price discrimination.
D) first-degree exploitation, or perfect price discrimination.
B
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Which of the following describes the "invention" of banking?
A) Clergy in the Renaissance created the banking system to help further the growth of the church. B) Goldsmiths in the sixteenth century issued gold receipts which entitled its owners to reclaim their gold on demand. C) The United States government founded the Federal Reserve in 1913. D) The British Empire created a banking system to fund its exploration of the New World. E) Members of the New York Stock Exchange founded the Bank of America in the 1700s.
Opponents of free trade often want the United States to prohibit the import of goods made in overseas factories that pay wages below the U.S. minimum wage. Prohibiting such goods is likely to
a. cause these factories to pay the U.S. minimum wage. b. increase the rate of technological advance in poor countries so that they can afford to pay higher wages. c. increase poverty in poor countries and benefit U.S. firms which compete with these imports. d. harm U.S. firms which compete with these imports.