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Explanation
Options A, B, and C represent factors that increase the productive capacity of an economy, thereby shifting the production possibilities frontier outward. However, a decrease in unemployment (Option D) means better utilization of existing resources but does not expand the frontier itself, as it does not increase the economy’s maximum production potential.
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- 1.Two economists are debating the impact of government spending on unemployment. One claims that increasing government expenditure by 50 billion dollars would reduce unemployment by one percentage point. The other argues that the same spending would only lower unemployment by 0.1%, and even then, the effect would be short-lived. What best explains their disagreement?
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- 7.Which of the following statements reflects an economist adopting a scientific approach?
- 8.Which of the following best illustrates economic growth?
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