Mark is an excellent cook. he does not have any formal training but learned to cook by following the recipes of several famous chefs and his mom. every weekend, he invites friends over for dinner so he can try new dishes and get honest feedback from his friends. mark wants to start his own restaurant someday because he thinks he would be successful and become wealthy. which of adam smith’s ideas made mark think of starting a restaurant?

a. invisible hand
b. self-interest
c. competition
d. laissez-faire

The questions of economics address which of the following ? check all that apply

Jamie is saving for a trip to europe. she has an existing savings account that earns 3 percent annual interest and has a current balance of $4,200. jamie doesn’t want to use her current savings for vacation, so she decides to borrow the $1,600 she needs for travel expenses. she will repay the loan in exactly one year. the annual interest rate is 6 percent. a. if jamie were to withdraw the $1,600 from her savings account to finance the trip, how much interest would she forgo? .b. if jamie borrows the $1,600 how much will she pay in interest? c. how much does the trip cost her if she borrows rather than dip into her savings?

Amethod of allocating merchandise cost that assumes the first merchandise bought was the first merchandise sold is called the a. last-in, first-out method. b. first-in, first-out method. c. specific identification method. d. average cost method.