An Increase in Pollution Has Caused a Permanent Increase in the Rate

question 32

Multiple Choice

An increase in pollution has caused a permanent increase in the rate of capital depreciation.This would cause

• A)an increase in the capital-labor ratio.
• B)output per worker to fall.
• C)a decline in consumption per worker.
• D)the capital-labor ratio to be unaffected.

Understand the importance of predictions in testing economic theories.

Grasp Adam Smith's contributions to economics and his view on self-interest and competitive markets.

Recognize the role of scarcity in economic theory and how it leads to the need for rationing resources.

Distinguish between objective and subjective concepts in economics.

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