According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the United States has experienced ________ recessions since 1950
A) 4 B) 7 C) 10 D) 15
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In the 1980s, Japan agreed to limit the quantity of automobiles it would export to the United States. Why did the Japanese government agree to this trade restriction?
A) The Japanese government wanted more automobiles to be available for export to countries other than the United States. B) The Japanese government feared that the alternative would be a tariff or quota on imports of Japanese automobiles imposed by the U.S. government. C) The Japanese government wanted to limit sales to the United States in order to make more automobiles available for Japanese consumers. D) Japanese automobile producers lobbied for the restrictions in order to increase the price of their exports to the United States.
Suppose each worker must use only one shovel to dig a trench, and shovels are useless by themselves. In the short run, an increase in the price of shovels will result in
A) fewer shovels being purchased. B) more workers being hired. C) a decrease in the firm's output. D) no change in the firm's output.
Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the Lorenz curve?
A) The Lorenz curve includes both money income and income in kind. B) The Lorenz curve does not include unreported income obtained from the underground economy. C) The Lorenz curve does not consider different sizes of households. D) The Lorenz curve does not consider age differences among wage earners.
If nations begin to expand their specialization in production for the purpose of trade, a. consumer surplus will increase, but not total output
b. total world output will increase, and consumer surplus will increase as well. c. total world output will increase, but consumer surplus will not increase. d. neither total output nor consumer surplus will change.