首页
登录
职称英语
Resources can be said to be scarce in both an absolute and relative sense: t
Resources can be said to be scarce in both an absolute and relative sense: t
游客
2024-08-16
44
管理
问题
Resources can be said to be scarce in both an absolute and relative sense: the surface of the Earth is finite, imposing absolute scarcity: but the scarcity that concerns economists is the relative scarcity of resources for different uses. Materials used for one purpose can not at the same time be used for other purposes: if the quantity of an input is limited, the increased use of it in one manufacturing process must cause it to become less available for other uses.
The cost of a product in terms of money may not measure its true cost to society. The true cost of, say, the construction of a supersonic jet is the value of the schools and refrigerators that will never be built as a result. Every act of production uses up some of society’s available resources: it means the foregoing of an opportunity to produce something else. In deciding how to use resources most effectively to satisfy the wants of the community, this opportunity cost must ultimately be taken into account.
In a market economy the price of a good and the quantity supplied depend on the cost of making it, and that cost, ultimately, is the cost of not making other goods. The market mechanism enforces this relationship. The cost of, say, a pair of shoes is the price of the leather, the labor, the fuel, and other elements used in producing them. However, the price of these inputs, in turn, depends on what they can produce elsewhere—if the leather can be used to produce handbags that are valued highly by consumers, the prices of leather would be correspondingly higher. [br] Using land for a house and for a park, which one best reflects a cost to society as defined in the passage?
选项
答案
The one using land for a park best reflects a cost to society.
解析
(cost to society指的是资源用于制造某一件商品或事情后就不能再用于其他,因此要最大限度地满足群体和社会的利益。因此选项C是cost to society的最佳例子。)
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3722460.html
相关试题推荐
Resourcescanbesaidtobescarceinbothanabsoluteandrelativesense:t
Resourcescanbesaidtobescarceinbothanabsoluteandrelativesense:t
Resourcescanbesaidtobescarceinbothanabsoluteandrelativesense:t
Resourcescanbesaidtobescarceinbothanabsoluteandrelativesense:t
Resourcescanbesaidtobescarceinbothanabsoluteandrelativesense:t
Resourcescanbesaidtobescarceinbothanabsoluteandrelativesense:t
Resourcescanbesaidtobescarceinbothanabsoluteandrelativesense:t
Jessicatoldmethatshehadabsolutelyno______ofevermeetingthembefore.A、re
Inadequacyofenergyresourcesormoreoftenofthetechnologiesandorganizatio
Jessicatoldmethatshehadabsolutelyno_________ofevermeetingthembefore
随机试题
CitingOhioordinancesthatallowindividualstoseekchargesagainstsomeone
Congestedcitiesarefastbecomingtesttubesforscientistsstudyingthei
()经济平衡()经济复原[br]()混合经济()政治经济学H,I
【1】[br]【5】[originaltext]JANICE:Hello...Flagstone.JON:Ohhello;isthatFl
Boy,tourismreallyisabigbusinessthesedays.It’s【B1】______.Itinvolve
人体在劳动状态下的主要产热器官是()A.脑组织 B.心 C.肝 D.骨
患者男,34岁。劳力性心悸、气促5年。因淋雨后出现高热不退,伴有寒战10天。在当
某游客在福建漳州滨海火山地质公园考察时发现,园内海边一小山的东南沿海一侧植被低矮
下列关于货币供应量说法错误的是()。A:货币供应量主要包括机关团体、企事业单位
下列关于侦查阶段犯罪嫌疑人聘请律师的表述哪些是错误的?()A.马某抢劫案,因在
最新回复
(
0
)