Company Large in the primary metal manufacturing subsector buys copper ore from a mining company and refines it to make wiring. Company Small in the computer manufacturing subsector buys the copper wiring and uses it to produce communication equipment and cables. How many more production workers for every 600 full-time employees would you expect to find at Company Large than at Company Small? Company Small will have about 25 more production workers than Company Large.
Company Small will have about 50 more production workers than Company Large.
Company Small will have about 125 more production workers than Company Large.
Company Small will have about 75 more production workers than Company Large.

Which of the following best describes the economic effect that results when the government increases interest rates and restricts the lending of money? a. borrowing money becomes more expensive and there is less investment in production. b. the economy grows as investments result in larger profits. c. government spending drives up prices because of greater competition for goods and services. d. consumers save more money and spend less buying goods and services.

4. suppose that pollution in a neighborhood comes from two factories, with marginal benefit curves given by mb1 = 12 – p1 and mb2 = 8 – p2. the level of pollution in the neighborhood is given by p = p1 + p2. the government wants to limit pollution by instituting a pollution-rights market. the government’s desired level of p is 10, so it prints 10 pollution rights and offers them for sale to the firms.a)find the equilibrium selling price of a pollution right, as well as the allocation of rights (and hence pollution levels) across the two factories. b)repeat part (a) for the case where the government’s desired level of pollution equals 14. c)comment on the usefulness of a pollution rights market in achieving efficient levels of pollution abatement.

Factors like the unemployment rate,the stock market,global trade,economic policy,and the economic situation of other countries have no influence on the financial status of individuals. true or false