Early railroad owners formed "pools" in order to
a. choose the best workers.
b. divide business in a particular area and share profits.
c. water their stock.
d. pool their capital to construct more rail lines.
e. avoid wasteful competition.

Which of the following is an example of a positive externality? a. promoting generic drugs would benefit people. b. a lower inflation rate would benefit most consumers. c. compulsory flu shots for all students prevents the spread of illness in the general public. d. singapore has adopted a comprehensive savings plan for all workers known as the central provident fund.

The market demand curve for a popular teen magazine is given by q = 80 - 10p where p is the magazine price in dollars per issue and q is the weekly magazine circulation in units of 10,000. if the circulation is 400,000 per week at the current price, what is the consumer surplus for a teen reader with maximum willingness to pay of $3 per issue?

Suppose for a consumer the marginal utility (mu) of bread is 20 utils and the mu of milk is 10 utils; the price of bread is $3 and the price of milk is $1. given this, a. more utility per dollar is gained from consuming bread than milk. b. more utility per dollar is gained from consuming milk than bread. c. the same amount of utility per dollar is gained from consuming milk as bread. d. the consumer is in consumer equilibrium.