If investment spending is relatively insensitive to changes in the interest rate, then the most effective expansionary policy would be
A. a reduction in required reserves.
B. Fed purchases of government securities.
C. a personal income tax increase.
D. a personal income tax cut.
Answer: D
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A) individuals all have the same preferences. B) individuals all have different cardinal preferences but the same ordinal preferences. C) individuals all have different ordinal preferences but the same cardinal preferences. D) individuals all have different ordinal and cardinal preferences.
Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding who benefits and loses from establishment of a minimum wage above the market clearing wage?
A) Individuals who obtain jobs benefit because they earn a higher wage, but some individuals lose because employers will not hire them at the minimum wage. B) All workers benefit equally from the establishment of the minimum wage because just as many workers as before remain employed, and all earn the higher minimum wage. C) All employers benefit equally from the establishment of the minimum wage because they are able to hire fewer workers at a lower wage. D) All employers lose because they must pay the higher minimum wage to the same number of employees as they did before the minimum wage was established.
A reduction in the minimum wage will tend to cause which of the following?
A) a reduction in poverty B) an increase in the number of workers employed C) an increase in the quantity supplied of labor D) a reduction in the quantity demanded of labor
The first automobile manufacturer to use a division of labor and to use a moving assembly line was
A. Henry Ford. B. Henry Leland. C. Henry Olds. D. Andrew Carnegie.