Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Unemployment

Unemployment — practice question

(a)[5]

The article claims that higher saving would raise production. Would an economist necessarily accept this claim?

(b)[5]

Explain what is meant by market failure and assess whether there are examples of market failure in the article.

(c)[4]

Suggest why the article says that the lessons from the prisoners’ dilemma might be relevant.

(d)[6]

Discuss, with the help of the information, whether the article is right to claim that the ‘average person lives better than they did fifty years ago’.

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This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Higher saving might reduce consumption, which would lower demand rather than necessarily increase production.

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