107.
An outward shift in the entire production possibilities frontier
A. represents economic decline. B. means that previous levels of production are now unobtainable. C. means that the only way the economy can increase the production of one good is by producing less of an alternative good. D. represents economic growth. AACSB: Reflective Thinking Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-09 Identify and explain the factors that enable an economy to grow.
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Which of the following will shift an economy's production possibilities curve inward?
A. an improvement in technology B. an increase in the unemployment rate C. a decrease in land, labor or capital D. a decrease in the unemployment rate AACSB: Reflective Thinking Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 2 Medium Learning Objective: 02-09 Identify and explain the factors that enable an economy to grow.
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If you kept your money under your mattress rather than keeping it in a savings account at your local bank,
A. you would not incur an opportunity cost. B. the opportunity cost of such an action would be the forgone interest of not putting the money in a savings account. C. the opportunity cost of such an action would be the gas money it took to drive to the bank. D. None of the choices are true. AACSB: Reflective Thinking Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 2 Medium 2-166 Copyright Š 2014 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.