Jack, a Music Major, Is Perusing Jill's Notes for Her

question 212

Essay

Jack, a music major, is perusing Jill's notes for her economics class, where she has written that "total revenues will rise with price rises only if demand is elastic." Jack tells Jill this is nonsense because firms can always increase their revenues by raising price. How should Jill respond?

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