According to the Keynesian view, the prolonged unemployment of the Great Depression:
a. was surprising because Keynesians believed that wage rates would decline and direct the economy to full employment.
b. was surprising because Keynesians believed that lower interest rates would direct the economy to full employment.
c. resulted because the total expenditures on goods and services were less than the full-employment rate of output.
d. resulted because the federal government ran large budget deficits during the 1930s.
c
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A) area FGE. B) area FHE. C) area P1P2EF. D) area P1P2GF.
If the GDP deflator is less than 100, which will be higher: nominal GDP or real GDP? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
A situation in which a country does not take part in international trade is known as
A) autarky. B) openness neglect. C) indifference tradeoff. D) protectionist point.
The single currency project in the EU will be most successful if European labor is relatively
A) immobile. B) immobile and business cycles are not synchronized. C) mobile and business cycles are synchronized. D) mobile and business cycles are not synchronized. E) mobile.