Answer:
The correct answer is letter "B": perform an activity at a lower opportunity cost.
Explanation:
Comparative advantage is the ability of an individual, company, or country to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than its competitor. Having a comparative advantage does not mean that one entity is absolutely better than another at producing a good or service. It means that it sacrifices less to do so.
Answer: I decreases; II decreases; III decreases
Explanation:
Debt Covenants becoming more restrictive means that less people want to borrow money. This shifts the demand curve to the left and this Decreases interest rates.
The Fed increasing money supply means that there is more money in the economy. This shifts the supply curve to the right thus having the effect of reducing Interests rates as there is more money available for loans.
Total Household Wealth increasing means that Households have less of an incentive to borrow money. This reduces the demand for interest rates so interest rates decrease.
Answer:
The correct answer is D. learning to stand alone is part of growing up.
Explanation:
In a pure market economy, the "What to produce?" question is ultimately answered by : consumer sovereignty.
Explanation:
Market autonomy is a two-way economic concept. Market autonomy in production applies to what finished products should be produced from these materials to the control power of the customers over those with scarce resources.
For example, the highest levels of consumer autonomy occur of consumers on the free market. The customer can buy any product in any quantity he wants. But the state or central government decides what to manufacture in a command economy.
