In the Text's Case Circuit City V

question 48

Multiple Choice

In the text's case Circuit City v. Saint Clair Adams, which addressed whether arbitration clauses in employment contracts are enforceable, what was the result at the U.S. Supreme Court level?

• A) The Court ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act applies in employment contracts.
• B) The Court ruled that neither the Federal Arbitration Act nor the common law of arbitration applies in employment contracts.
• C) The court ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act does not apply in employment contracts but that state statutes involving arbitration would apply to employment contracts.
• D) The Court ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act does not apply in employment contracts but that the common law of arbitration applies in employment contracts.
• E) The Court ruled that whether the Federal Arbitration Act applies in employment disputes depends on the type of employment dispute involved, and that if the dispute involves claims of age discrimination, the Federal Arbitration Act does not apply.

Understand the distinctions among private goods, public goods, common resources, and artificially scarce goods based on their characteristics of excludability and rivalry in consumption.

Identify examples of private goods, public goods, common resources, and artificially scarce goods.

Explain the free-rider problem and how it influences the provision of public goods.

Recognize the inefficiencies in resource allocation associated with common resources and public goods.

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