Are we passing the national debt burden on to our children?
One side of this argument is that the debt is mostly internal, so financing the debt only involves exchanging old bonds for new bonds among U.S. citizens. The burden of the debt falls only on the current generation when the trade-off between public-sector goods and private-sector goods along the production possibilities curve occurs. The counter-argument is that there is a sizable external debt that transfers purchasing power to foreigners.
You might also like to view...
If the Fed's monetary policy reaction function does not change, then when inflation increases the Fed responds by ________ the real interest rate, which ________ consumption and investment spending, which ________ output.
A. increasing; increases; decreases B. decreasing; decreases; decreases C. increasing; decreases; decreases D. increasing; increases; increases
What is productive efficiency?
A) a situation in which firms produce as much as possible B) a situation in which resources are allocated such the last unit of output produced provides a marginal benefit to consumers equal to the marginal cost of producing it C) a situation in which resources are allocated such that goods can be produced at their lowest possible average cost D) a situation in which resources are allocated to their highest profit use
What percentage of American business firms are incorporated?
A. About 20 percent B. About 40 percent C. About 50 percent D. Over 60 percent
Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.5 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.5Refer to Figure 2.5. The marginal rate of transformation in moving from Point A to Point B is
A. -2/3. B. -1.5. C. -3. D. -30.