Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337091985
Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 5CQQ
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The government intervention in the market.
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The basic principles of economics suggest that
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markets are seldom, if ever, a good way to organize economic activity.
b.
government should become involved in markets when trade between countries is involved.
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government should become involved in markets when those markets fail to produce efficient or fair outcomes.
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All of the above are correct.
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For whom should we produce it?
How market mechanism solves the basic economic problems?
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Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)
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