The fact that output gaps will not last indefinitely, but will be closed by rising or falling inflation is the economy's:
A. income-expenditure multiplier.
B. self-correcting property.
C. short-run equilibrium property.
D. long-run equilibrium property.
Answer: B
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The U.S. terminated its role in the slave trade in the early 1800s. What is the best assessment of what would have happened had the U.S. not ended the slave trade?
a. The price of slaves would be lower and the wages of free workers would be lower. b. The price of slaves would be higher and the quantity of free workers would be lower. c. The price of slaves would be lower and the wages of free workers would be higher. d. The quantity of slaves would be higher and the quantity of free workers would be higher. e. The quantity of slaves would be lower and the wages of free workers would be lower.
A farmer with $1000 worth of crops in the field faces a .10 probability that a hail storm will destroy the value of her crop before she can harvest it. If she is risk averse, the most she would be willing to pay to insure against this loss is
a. $0. b. $10. c. $100. d. $900.
Profit-maximizing firms enter a competitive market when, for existing firms in that market,
a. total revenue exceeds fixed costs. b. total revenue exceeds total variable costs. c. average total cost exceeds average revenue. d. price exceeds average total cost.
In what category of national income accounting is the purchase of a computer by a business?
A. It is a form of investment spending. B. It is considered consumption. C. It is ignored because computers are considered intermediate goods-an input in the production of other goods and services. D. It is a form of savings.