Suppose a cigar manufacturer currently sells 1,500 cigars per week and makes a profit of $3,000 per week. the plant foreman observes, "although the last 500 cigars we produced and sold increased our revenue by $7,500 and our costs by $7,000, we are only making an overall profit of $3,000 per week so i think we need to cut back on production.

had the firm not produced and sold the last 500 cigars, would its profit be higher or lower, and if so by how much?
(a) its profit would be exist300 lower
(b) its profit would be exist 1,000 higher.
(c) its profit would be exist500 higher.
(d) its profit would be exist1, 500 lower

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Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

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