Alonzo Saunders owns a small training services company that is experiencing growing pains. The company has grown rapidly by offering liberal credit terms to its customers. Although his competitors require payment for services within 30 days, Saunders permits his customers to delay payment for up to 90 days.

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.

Which of the following best explains the purpose of a supply schedule? a. to calculate how much time it takes for distribution. b. to indicate how supply and demand relate to price. c. to show the relationship between quantity supplied and prices. d. to demonstrate how the supply decreases as price increases.

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.