The average tax rate required to service the public debt is roughly measured by:

A. the absolute size of the debt.
B. the debt as a fraction of the GDP.
C. interest on the debt as a percentage of the GDP.
D. the ratio of government spending to the GDP.


C. interest on the debt as a percentage of the GDP.

Economics

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a. Hire a salesman who has a reputation for working hard b. Monitor the salesman to prevent shirking c. All of the above d. None of the above

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a. operates at minimum point of its average total cost curve b. operates at minimum point of its long-run average total cost curve c. seeks lowest possible cost of producing that quantity of output d. produces at maximum point of its total revenue curve e. produces at maximum point of its total product curve

Economics

Economic growth and development in LDCs are low because many of them lack:

a. saving. b. infrastructure. c. a political environment favorable to growth. d. All of the answers are correct.

Economics