Suppose the city of Austin, TX chooses to regulate the number of street vendors operating near the University of Texas by requiring each vendor to own a permit in order to operate. The city gives free permits to all existing vendors and announces that no new permits will ever be issued. Prior to regulation, the costs (including implicit costs) of operating were $85,000 and revenues were $150,000. The city ordinance allows the permits to be bought and sold without restriction. The permits have no expiration date. The interest rate is 10 percent. If the regulation requiring permits had not been passed, one could predict

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

answer; /// radio frequency identification;

answersituation analysis;

the correct choice is a