Consider a factory that produces iPhones. This factory relies on both employees (labor) and machines (capital). Which of the following would decrease the demand for labor? O a. Public taste shifts away from iPhones towards Androids O b. The price of capital falls and labor is easily substituted for capital. O c. The factory has trouble hiring competent workers (workers become less productive). O d. (b) and (a) O e. all of the above

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Consider a factory that produces iPhones. This factory relies on both employees (labor) and machines (capital). Which of the following would decrease the demand for
labor?
O a. Public taste shifts away from iPhones towards Androids
O b. The price of capital falls and labor is easily substituted for capital.
O c. The factory has trouble hiring competent workers (workers become less productive).
O d. (b) and (a)
O e. all of the above

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