En la carretera Fill in the blanks. (10 x 2 pts. each = 20 pts.) arrancacalle capódescompuesto gasolinallamar mecánicospara portaller tanqueteléfono JAVIER         Perdón. ¿Hay una gasolinera (1) _______________ aquí? CELIA           Sí, hay una en la próxima (next) calle. ¿Necesita algo? JAVIER         Gracias. Mi carro está (2) _______________ y necesito ir a un (3) _______________. CELIA           ¿Por qué? ¿Qué le pasa al carro? JAVIER         Pues el carro no (4) ________________. No sé, miré en el (5) ________________ y todo está bien. CELIA           ¿Está lleno el (6) ________________? A mí, a veces, se me olvida ponerle (7) ________________ al carro.   JAVIER         Sí, está lleno. Ya miré y no es eso. ¿Qué hago ahora? CELIA           Yo conozco al dueño de un taller. Aquí tengo mi (8) ________________ celular. Si quiere, podemos utilizarlo (9) ________________ llamar al taller del señor Mejía; todos sus (10) ________________ son muy buenos. JAVIER         Muchísimas gracias.

When gas prices rise sharply, as they did in 2007-2008, the “incentives matter” postulate of economics indicates that

Which of the following is a secondary effect of government action that levies taxes on some in order to transfer income to others?

The basic postulate of economics indicates that changes in incentives influence

Central planning is an ineffective method to organize an economy because

The unemployment rate is calculated by:

Your opportunity cost of attending a baseball game is

Private entrepreneurs are likely to make better investment decisions than central planners because

The price of an airline ticket from St. Louis to Washington D.C. costs $250. A bus ticket costs $100. Traveling by plane takes 2 hours compared with 32 hours by bus. Other things constant, Andrew would gain by choosing air travel if, and only if, he values his time at more than

Which of the following provides young people with a strong incentive to make regular payments into a retirement program and invest these funds in a diverse set of stocks?