The six debates over macroeconomic policy exist mostly because
a. economists disagree over basic issues such as the importance of saving for economic growth.
b. there are tradeoffs and people disagree about the best way to deal with them.
c. politicians offer misleading information.
d. people fail to clearly see the benefits or the costs of most changes.
b
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If the marginal rate of substitution is not diminishing, it must mean that tastes violate convexity (assuming that our other assumptions about tastes hold).
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In the above figure, the shift from AD1 to AD2 might have been the result of
A) an increase in government expenditure. B) a decrease in taxes. C) an increase in the quantity of money. D) All of the above answers are correct.
Private businesses tend to spend too little on research and development, because ________
A) investments to increase the capital stock are a better way to boost productivity B) governments tend to spend too much on research and development C) patent laws make it difficult to reap the benefits of such spending D) technology is often nonexcludable
If the Fed wants to decrease the money supply, it can __________ the required reserve ratio, conduct an open market __________, or __________ the discount rate
A) raise; purchase; lower B) lower; purchase; lower C) raise; sale; raise D) lower; sale; lower E) none of the above