Identical prices received from various sources
a. draw attention if it breaks with historical price behavior. b. only draw attention if the buyer is dissatisfied with the price quoted. c. always make the buyer suspicious of collusion. d. be expected when the specification is highly customized.

1) u. s. real gdp is substantially higher today than it was 60 years ago. what does this tell us, and what does it not tell us, about the well-being of u. s. residents? what are the limitations of the gdp as a measure of economic well-being? given the limitations, why is gdp usually regarded as the best single measure of a society’s economic well-being? 2) what is an intermediate good? how does an intermediate good differ from a final good? explain why it is the case that the value of intermediate goods produced and sold during the year is not included directly as part of gdp, but the value of intermediate goods produced and not sold is included directly as part of gdp.