Since the 1980s, Wal-Mart stores have appeared in almost every community in America. Wal-Mart buys their goods in large quantities and therefore at cheaper prices. Wal-Mart also locates its stores where land prices are low, usually outside of the community business district. Many customers shop at Wal-Mart because of low prices and free parking. Local retailers, like the neighborhood drug store, often go out of business because they lose customers. This story demonstrates that:
a. consumers are boycotting local retailers.
b. Wal-Mart engages in illegal acts of monopolization.
c. there are diseconomies of scale in retail sales.
d. there are economies of scale in retail sales.
e. Wal-Mart is managed by ruthless business people.
Question 2
Macroeconomics simply focuses on the annual performance of a particular national economy and ignores its interactions with other national economies around the world.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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