One reason some manufacturing companies have moved production from overseas locations back to the United States is an increasing preference by U. S. consumers for products made in the United States. Assuming that managers at these companies used all available information, including the increased preference by U. S. consumers for domestically produced, when making the decision to move production back to the United States exemplifies which key economic idea? A. The market system relies on the principle of voluntary exchange. B. Optimal decisions are made at the margin. C. People are rational. D. People respond to economic incentives

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Willow Ward

22 September, 12:05

One reason some manufacturing companies have moved production from overseas locations back to the United States is an increasing preference by U. S. consumers for products made in the United States. Assuming that managers at these companies used all available information, including the increased preference by U. S. consumers for domestically produced, when making the decision to move production back to the United States exemplifies which key economic idea? A. The market system relies on the principle of voluntary exchange. B. Optimal decisions are made at the margin. C. People are rational. D. People respond to economic incentives

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Gunnar Barajas · Answer 1

The key economic idea being exemplified is c) People are rational

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The economists' assumption is that firms and consumers utilize all available information to attain their goals and weigh all costs and benefits of each action taken. Moreover, firms and consumers only choose an action if the benefits exceeds the costs. Therefore, the action of manufacturing firms to move their operations from overseas back to the US due to the increased preference for US manufactured goods exemplifies that consumers and firms rely on all available information when pursuing their goals.