Question 1
Economists collect and analyze data on output per worker and output per hour of work. What are they trying to measure by doing so?
◦ diminishing marginal returns
◦ the ratio of marginal products of factors
◦ returns to scale
◦ productivity
◦ the principle of substitution
Question 2
Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) and other Classical economists predicted that the pressure of more and more people on the world's limited resources would cause
◦ population decline.
◦ a decline in output per person.
◦ a higher standard of living.
◦ improved productivity.
◦ increasing returns of labour.