ECO2100 NAME:__________________________________
Quiz 2
True/False (1 point each):
___1) Command economies are a feasible choice because individuals in a command economy who
work hard earn the same amount of income as their lazy counterparts.
___2) In a pure command economy privately owned firms will produce whatever the government tells
them to produce.
___3) The statement, "The sky is green," is a normative statement.
___4) The article “Does Abortion Lower the Crime Rate?” describes a study that attempted to
determine if the legalization of abortion and the subsequent rise in abortion rates contributed
significantly to the drop in crime rates that occurred in the 1990’s.
___5) The following is a positive statement from the article “Does Abortion Lower the Crime Rate?”:
“The effect on crime, even if confirmed by further study, would probably not moderate the views of
pro-lifers, who view abortion as murder.”
___6) Universal healthcare (as we defined it in class) is a command solution to a market problem.
