Subsidizing coal mining and orange growing have both been found to be economically inefficient in that the costs outweigh the benefits. However, a subsidy on coal mining would help the coal producers in West Virginia and a subsidy on orange growing would help the orange farmers in Florida. So the senator from West Virginia approaches the senator from Florida and says that he will vote for the
orange subsidy if the Florida senator votes for the coal-mining subsidy. The Florida senator agrees. Which term best describes what just happened?
a. the shortsightedness effect
b. logrolling
c. the use of user charges
d. the political voter theory
B
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Ongoing economic growth in real GDP per person requires all of the following EXCEPT ________
A) investment in human capital B) the discovery of new technologies C) saving and investment in new capital D) population growth
Taking out a mortgage to buy a condo, buying a mutual fund, and building a new factory are all examples of investment
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Refer to the data above. At the $320 billion level of disposable income, the average propensity to save is:
The disposable income (DI) and consumption (C) schedules are for a private, closed
economy. All figures are in billions of dollars.
A. .015
B. .075
C. .335
D. .925
Aggregate expenditure is total
A. value added in the economy. B. income of households, businesses, governments, and foreigners. C. spending on final goods and services. D. revenue from the sale of goods and services.