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Due to a growing inmate population that could no longer be transported to other countries, the English were forced to use mothballed ships to house prisoners called:

Which of the following will NOT result in a leftward shift of the market demand curve for labor?

 When I’MaGoldMiner chooses what quantity of gold each of it/s mines will produce over the next 12 months, this quantity, along with the prices prevailing in the market for output and inputs, will

Kate’s 24-Hour Breakfast Diner menu offers one item, a $5.00 breakfast special. Kate’s costs for servers, cooks, electricity, food, etc. average out to $3.95 per meal. Her costs for rent, insurance cleaning supplies and business license average out to $1.25 per meal. Since the market is highly competitive, Kate should

If a perfectly competitive firm raises its price, the quantity demanded of its product ____________ 

Government policy-makers often must decide how to balance the potential benefits of _____________ against the potential benefits of _______________.

Having an outdoor arena that will host country music concerts a half-mile from your neighborhood would be called a positive externality if you loved country music.  If you hated country music that situation would be called?

If the maintenance fees for a lighthouse are paid in full each year by charging port fees, then the lighthouse is

In a free market economy, firms operating in a perfectly competitive industry are said to have only one major choice to make. Which of the following correctly sets out that choice? 

Most people who cook consider margarine and butter to be substitutes. If the price of butter increases, then in the market for margarine: