Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies, 19th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0073511447
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-144-3

Chapter 12 - The Demand for Resources - Questions - Page 263: 3

Answer

GMC doesn't reduce employment by more than or less than 21,000 workers because it sets the labor level at the point where MRC=MRP so that it could maximize profits.

Work Step by Step

This question asks you to think of profit maximization as the explanation for why firms set labor levels and aim to maximize profits by doing so through setting a standard, in this situation it is exactly 21,000 workers.
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