A Nation with Cheap, Efficient Communications Is Likely to Be

question 145

Multiple Choice

A nation with cheap, efficient communications is likely to be

• A) richer, ceteris paribus, because transaction costs will be lower and trade greater.
• B) richer only if production of goods is cheaper, too, since trade itself cannot create value.
• C) poorer since it spends so much on communication instead of true productivity.
• D) spending too much on communications, which adds nothing to the value of output.

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