If an individual who earns $20,000 pays $2,000 in taxes and another individual who earns $100,000 pays $10,000 in taxes, then these individuals are being taxed under a _______ tax system

a. toll
b. regressive
c. progressive
d. proportional
e. negative income


d

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If velocity and output are fixed at 5 and 400, respectively, and the price level is 2, then the money supply is

A) 4,000. B) 200. C) 160. D) 40.

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Real investment spending is ____ real personal consumption

a. equal to b. greater than c. stable compared to d. highly volatile compared to

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The fact that someone with information about a significant number of illnesses in their family history is likely to purchase health insurance is an example of

a. adverse selection. b. monitoring. c. moral hazard. d. screening.

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When a good gets better from one year to the next, the CPI has a what is called

A) commodity substitution bias. B) outlet substitution bias. C) magnitude of change bias. D) new goods bias. E) quality change bias.

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