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The law of _______ explains why people and societies rarely make all-or-nothing choices.
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diminishing marginal utility
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Marginal thinking is best demonstrated by
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choosing to spend one more hour studying economics because you think the improvement in your score on the next quiz will be worth the sacrifice of times
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the general pattern that consumption of the first few units of any good tends to bring a higher level of ____ to a person than consumption of later units is a common pattern.
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utility
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The choice on a production possibilities set that is socially preferred, or the choice on an individual's budget constraint that is personally preferred, will display _______
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allocative efficiency
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Most choices involve __________, which involves comparing the benefits and costs of choosing a little more or a little less of a good.
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marginal analysis
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Economists refer to this pattern, the ________, which means that as a person received more of a goods, the additional or marginal utility from each additional unit of the good declines.
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law of diminishing marginal utility
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positive statements
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describe the world as it is
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normative statements
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describes how the world should be
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Production possibilities frontier
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all point located on the line are equally effiecient
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which of the following would most likely shift the production possibilities curve inward?
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a decrease in the average number of hours worked per week as the labor force chooses to enjoy more leisure time
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the marginal benefit of a slice of pizza is the:
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maximum amount that a consumer is willing to pay for the slice
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scarcity implies that
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it is impossible to completely fulfill the unlimited human desires for goods and services with the limited resources available
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Gomer decides to spend and hour playing basketball rather than studying. his opportunity cost is:
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the benefit to his grades from studying for an hour
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the slope of the ____ is determined by the relative price of the two goods, which is calculated by taking the price of one good and dividing it by the price of the other good.
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budget constraint
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Philosophers draw a distinction between _____, which describes the world as it is, and normative statements, which describe how the world should be.
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positive statements
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Sunk costs
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forget about the money that's irretrievably gone and instead to focus on the marginal costs and benefits of future options