Normative economics:
A. is the focus of most modern economic reasoning.
B. answers the question "What ought to be?"
C. predicts the consequences of alternative actions.
D. answers the question "What is?"
Answer: B
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A) Ep is 3300 and the economy is in equilibrium. B) Ep is 3300 and the economy is out of equilibrium. C) Ep is 3500 and the economy is in equilibrium. D) Ep is 3500 and the economy is out of equilibrium.
The opportunity cost of your college education is:
a. c and d. b. d and e. c. the actual dollar cost of your college education. d. your best alternative use of the money you spend for a college education. e. money you could have earned working instead of going to college.
A Big Mac in Japan costs 400 yen while it costs $4.50 in the U.S.. The nominal exchange rate is 100 yen per dollar. Which of the following would both make the real exchange rate move towards purchasing-power parity?
a. the price of Big Macs in the U.S. falls, the nominal exchange rate falls b. the price of Big Macs in the U.S. falls, the nominal exchange rate rises c. the price of Big Macs in the U.S. rises, the nominal exchange rate falls d. the price of Big Macs in the U.S. rises, the nominal exchange rate rises
Currently, the case for increasing infrastructure spending in the United States is:
A. only compelling during economic downturns. B. not compelling during an economic downturn. C. compelling even when the economy is at full employment. D. only compelling when the economy is at full employment.