Some time ago the government of China required many highly skilled technicians and scientists to engage in unskilled agricultural labor in order to develop "proper social attitudes." This policy probably caused China to produce
A) at an inappropriate point along its production possibilities frontier.
B) outside its production possibilities frontier with respect to food, but inside with respect to high-technology goods.
C) inside its production possibilities frontier with respect to food, but outside with respect to high-technology goods.
D) inside its production possibilities frontier.
D
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If policymakers use a pollution tax to control pollution, the tax per unit of pollution should be set
A) equal to the marginal private cost of production at the economically efficient level of pollution. B) equal to the amount of the deadweight loss created in the absence of a pollution tax. C) at a level low enough so that producers can pass along a portion of the additional cost onto consumers without significantly reducing demand for the product. D) equal to the marginal external cost at the economically efficient level of pollution.
A firm faces the following relationship between the real wage it pays and the effort exerted by its workers. The marginal product of labor for this firm is given by MPN = E (100 - N)/9
The firm will choose to pay a wage such that the effort level is A) 20. B) 24. C) 27. D) 29.