According to economic theory, elected government officials will favor
A) federal budget surpluses.
B) balanced federal budgets.
C) federal budget deficits.
D) shrinking federal budgets.
C
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Lou and Alex live together and share household chores. They like to cook some meals ahead of time and eat leftovers. The table below shows the number of rooms they can each clean and the number of meals they can each cook in an hour. Rooms CleanedPer Hour Meals CookedPer HourLou54Alex33If Alex and Lou work out an efficient arrangement for these two chores, then under that arrangement:
A. Lou would do all of the cleaning and all of the cooking. B. Alex would do all of the cleaning, while Lou would do all the cooking. C. Alex and Lou each would do half of the cooking and half of the cleaning. D. Lou would do all of the cleaning, while Alex would do all of the cooking.
In the Monetarists' view, a one-time increase in the price level results from a(n)
A) technological improvement. B) increase in the labor force. C) supply shock. D) interest-rate increase.
If a person attends a public college and is not hired because the boss went to a private college, this might be an example of
A) statistical discrimination. B) racial discrimination. C) screening. D) moral hazard.
Suppose the production possibilities for two countries, producing either food or clothing, are shown in the above figure. The U.S. has a comparative advantage in producing
A) food. B) clothing. C) food and clothing. D) neither good.