The Fact That You Cannot Measure the Utility Associated with Reading

question 299

Multiple Choice

The fact that you cannot measure the utility associated with reading an economics textbook

• A) means that marginal utility associated with reading one more page of your economics textbook is negative.
• B) is a criticism of the use of marginal utility analysis to explain consumer behavior.
• C) means that there is no pleasure associated with reading an economics textbook.
• D) means that total utility of reading economics textbooks is zero.

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