The self-correcting property of the economy means that output gaps are eventually eliminated by:
A. increasing or decreasing potential output.
B. government policy.
C. decreasing inflation only.
D. increasing or decreasing inflation.
Answer: D
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A current concern about Social Security is that
A) funds set aside by past generations to pay benefits for future generations are growing too rapidly and may trigger inflation. B) promised benefit payouts are growing more rapidly than likely sources of revenues, indicating a future inability to keep the system operating. C) continued political bickering between the president and Congress could lead to an end to any funding of the program. D) the payroll taxes used to fund the program are being eliminated as part of an effort to generate employment increases, thus leaving the program bankrupt.
A measure of the responsiveness of the demand for one good to the percentage change in the price of another good is
A) price elasticity of demand. B) price elasticity of supply. C) cross price elasticity of demand. D) income elasticity.
The cross-price elasticity of demand between Texaco gasoline and Mobil gasoline sold at the same intersection would be
a. positive b. negative c. 0 d. 1.0 e. -1.0
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Refer to Table 5.5. The firm experiences diminishing returns beginning with the ________ unit.
A. first B. second C. third D. fourth