As More Labor Is Hired, Moving Along the Production Function

question 139

Multiple Choice

As more labor is hired, moving along the production function, diminishing returns occur because

• A)the wage rate paid is too low and so workers decrease their work effort.
• B)workers are overworked and so their productivity decreases.
• C)real GDP increases more rapidly the more workers are hired.
• D)there are fixed quantities of other resources.
• E)the real wage rate must increase in order to hire additional workers.

Identify the role of governmental intervention according to different economic schools.

Discuss the Laffer curve and its implications for tax policy and government revenue.

Analyze the effectiveness of discrete aggregate demand policies versus policy rules in economic management.

Understand the different viewpoints on the stability of the capitalist economy and the role of competition within it.

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