According to research by Robert Fogel, what proportion of the British population in 1780 was so malnourished that they could not perform manual labor?

a. 5 percent
b. 10 percent
c. 20 percent
d. 25 percent

c

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A. retired worker below the mandatory retirement age. B. part-time worker who would like to work full-time. C. senator who resigns her job to run for president. D. student going to school full-time.

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In the specific factors model, a 5% increase in the price of food accompanied by a 1% increase in the price of cloth will cause ________ in the welfare of labor, ________ in the welfare of the fixed factor in the production of food, and ________ in

the welfare of the fixed factor in the production of cloth. A) an ambiguous change; an increase; a decrease B) an ambiguous change; a decrease; an increase C) an ambiguous change; an ambiguous change; an ambiguous change D) a decrease; an ambiguous change; an ambiguous change E) an increase; a decrease; an increase

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