In New Keynesian analysis, firms are assumed to be
A) interested solely in maximizing their profit.
B) interested in both their profit and the avoidance of business cycles.
C) interested solely in avoiding business cycles.
D) interested solely in maximizing production.
A
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If indifference curves and budget lines are used to analyze consumer choice, an inferior good will
A. escape detection when income rises. B. be easily identified because the quantity purchased will fall as income rises. C. be easily identified because the quantity purchased will rise as income rises. D. be easily identified because it will change the slope of the budget line. E. escape detection because this model does not show that relationship.
Refer to Figure 3-3. The figure above shows the supply and demand curves for two markets: the market for an original Picasso painting and the market for designer jeans. Which graph most likely represents which market?
A) Graph B represents the market for an original Picasso painting and Graph A represents the market for designer jeans. B) Graph A represents both the market for an original Picasso painting and designer jeans. C) Graph A represents the market for an original Picasso painting and Graph B represents the market for designer jeans. D) Graph B represents both the market for an original Picasso painting and designer jeans.
Describe how, according to some economists, the Fed's actions and the"global savings glut" both contributed to rising U.S. housing prices in the early 2000s
Suppose that a new drug has been approved to treat a life-threatening disease. The demand for that drug is shown on the graph below. Prior to approval of this drug, the only treatment for this condition was any one of several non-prescription, or over-the-counter, pain relievers. The demand for one brand of the several non-prescription pain relievers is also shown on the graph. 
A likely reason for the difference in the slopes of the demand curves is that:
A. one market is in equilibrium and the other is not. B. the over-the-counter pain reliever has many substitutes, but the new drug does not. C. one drug is heavily regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and the other is not. D. one drug is new on the market, but the other has been available for a long time.