Taxes that enhance economic efficiency will have a better chance of passing through Congress than less efficient tax reforms. _____
a. This is probably enough to produce an efficient tax system
b. This is not enough to produce an efficient tax system
c. This shows special interests have no impact.
d. This shows that many government officials act in the public interest.
b
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The idea of continuous economic growth as a "perpetual motion machine" best reflects the prediction of which growth theory?
A) no growth theory B) the classical growth theory C) the traditional growth theory D) the Keynesian growth theory E) the new growth theory
According to the Ricardo-Barro effect, government deficits
A) lead to a rise in the equilibrium real interest rate, crowding out investment. B) lead to simultaneous increases in private saving and no effect on the equilibrium real interest rate and investment. C) lead to simultaneous decreases in private saving and decreases in the equilibrium real interest rate and investment. D) lead to a fall in the equilibrium real interest rate and a rise in investment.
In 2012 Nike reduced the price of its running shoes by 20 percent. As a result, the substitution effect caused
A) the demand for Nike shoes to increase. B) people to switch from Adidas shoes and buy more Nikes. C) the relative price of Nikes to increase. D) the demand curve for Nikes to shift rightward.
Fiscal policy is
A) the selling of government bonds by the Treasury. B) the deliberate manipulation of the money supply designed to affect the interest rate. C) the deliberate manipulation of taxation and spending designed to affect the economy. D) the selling of foreign exchange reserves designed to change the exchange rate.