MICROECONOMICS 6TH EDITION PAUL
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SOLUTIONS
⫸ economics Answer: the study of how society manages it's scarce
resources
⫸ 4 ways people make decisions Answer: 1)people face tradeoffs
2)the cost of something is what you give up to get it
3)rational people think at the Margin
4)People Respond to Incentives
⫸ 3 ways people interact Answer: 5)Trade can make everyone better off
6)Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity
7)Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes
⫸ efficiency Answer: when society gets most from scarce resources
⫸ equality Answer: when prosperity is distributed uniformly among
society's members
⫸ opportunity cost Answer: whatever must be given up to obtain some
item
, ⫸ rational people Answer: people who systematically and purposefully
do the best they can do to achieve their objectives
⫸ marginal changes Answer: small incremental adjustments to a plan of
action
⫸ incentive Answer: something that induces a person to act
⫸ market economy Answer: an economy that allocates resources
through the decentralized decisions of many firms and households as
they interact in markets for goods and services
⫸ property rights Answer: the ability of an individual to own and
exercise control over scarce resources
⫸ market failure Answer: a situation in which a market left on its own
fails to allocate resources efficiently
⫸ externality Answer: the impact of one person's actions on the well-
being of a bystander
⫸ market power Answer: the ability of a single economic actor(or small
group of actors) to have a substantial influence on market prices
KRUGMAN ROBIN WELLS TEST BANK ALL
CHAPTERS 100% ORIGINAL VERIFIED A+
PRACTICE SCRIPT UPDATED 2026 TESTED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ economics Answer: the study of how society manages it's scarce
resources
⫸ 4 ways people make decisions Answer: 1)people face tradeoffs
2)the cost of something is what you give up to get it
3)rational people think at the Margin
4)People Respond to Incentives
⫸ 3 ways people interact Answer: 5)Trade can make everyone better off
6)Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity
7)Governments can sometimes improve market outcomes
⫸ efficiency Answer: when society gets most from scarce resources
⫸ equality Answer: when prosperity is distributed uniformly among
society's members
⫸ opportunity cost Answer: whatever must be given up to obtain some
item
, ⫸ rational people Answer: people who systematically and purposefully
do the best they can do to achieve their objectives
⫸ marginal changes Answer: small incremental adjustments to a plan of
action
⫸ incentive Answer: something that induces a person to act
⫸ market economy Answer: an economy that allocates resources
through the decentralized decisions of many firms and households as
they interact in markets for goods and services
⫸ property rights Answer: the ability of an individual to own and
exercise control over scarce resources
⫸ market failure Answer: a situation in which a market left on its own
fails to allocate resources efficiently
⫸ externality Answer: the impact of one person's actions on the well-
being of a bystander
⫸ market power Answer: the ability of a single economic actor(or small
group of actors) to have a substantial influence on market prices
