What is one potential problem with offering a choice of contracts to two different employees?
A) If Employee A is paid more than Employee B, Employee A might sue for discrimination.
B) Employee A might be paid less than Employee B, proving statistical discrimination.
C) The two employees might compare salaries without comparing risk-preferences, thereby running the risk of jealousy or claims of discrimination.
D) The two employees might compare risk preferences without comparing salaries, thereby running the risk of jealousy or claims of discrimination.
C
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A) Unemployment will increase. B) Consumption will increase. C) Real wages will fall. D) Prices will fall.
The second federal antitrust law was passed in 1914. This antitrust law is the
A) Clayton Act. B) Robinson-Patman Amendment. C) Cellar-Kefauver Amendment. D) Taft-Hartley Act.
Until Congress began to periodically raise benefit levels to adjust for inflation, the first recipients of Social Security checks:
A. lost value over time, because the payments were not adjusted for inflation. B. received a fixed amount that caused their real income to decline. C. grew poorer over time, because the payments were nominal amounts. D. All of these statements are true.
An economic model is useful only if it:
A. contains no positive statements. B. captures all the complexities of reality. C. yields accurate predictions. D. has both macro- and microeconomic applications.