Showing posts with label Economics Chapter 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Economics Chapter 3. Show all posts

Which is the most accurate statement about shipbreaking?

Which is the most accurate statement about shipbreaking?




a. It is generally done in a manner that is environmentally sound and that minimizes dangers to workers
b. It is an extremely profitable activity that is sought after by the world's largest shipbuilders
c. Ship owners whose boats have grown too old and expensive to run usually abandon them at sea or sink them
d. the United States and other industrial nations have exported their environmental problems like shipbreaking to less developed countries such as India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan







Answer: D

An individual can build up his/her capital ___

An individual can build up his/her capital ___



a. by working longer hours only
b. by cutting back on consumption only
c. by both cutting back on consumption and working longer hours
d. only by borrowing







Answer: C

Capital comes from____

Capital comes from____



a. gold
b. savings
c. high consumption
d. the government







Answer: B

Karl Marx said that ____

Karl Marx said that ____




a. whoever controlled a society's capital controlled that society
b. in the long run, capitalism would survive
c. the U.S.S.R.s communist system was "state capitalism"
d. capitalists and workers generally had the same economic interests






Answer: A