The CBS news correspondent Bill Whitaker discussed the high level of unemployment among teens, especially during the summer months. In 2011, unemployment among the population as a whole was 9.1 percent, but among teens it was close to 24 percent

Many of these teens were hoping to get entry level jobs as small businesses. (Source: CBS news, June 4, 2011) A minimum wage set above the equilibrium wage rate is called A) a price floor.
B) a price ceiling.
C) quota.
D) subsidy.

A

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