Each citizen in Nexus City has to pay $20,000 as income tax. This is an example of a ________

A) proportional income tax
B) progressive income tax
C) lump-sum tax
D) regressive income tax


C

Economics

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a. $1,000 b. $100 c. $10 d. $1

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An increase in the money supply might indicate that the Fed had

a. purchased bonds in an attempt to increase the federal funds rate. b. purchased bonds in an attempt to reduce the federal funds rate. c. sold bonds in an attempt to increase the federal funds rate. d. sold bonds in an attempt to reduce the federal funds rate.

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Some people attribute the rapid growth of the East Asian economies in the 1980s and 1990s to the:

A. governments planning for growth by investing in certain industries. B. governments picking industries to support with investments and favorable tax and trade policies. C. success of their "industrial policies." D. All of these are true.

Economics