The U.S. inflation adjusted poverty threshold in 2014 was set at $35,000 per year for a family of four.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

The poverty threshold in the United States was set at an annual income of $29,000 for a family of four.

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A) decreases; increases; larger B) increases; decreases; smaller C) increases; increases; larger D) increases; increases; smaller E) decreases; increases; smaller

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Comparing the short-run Phillips curve and the long-run Phillips curve, we see that there is

A) no relationship between the two curves. B) no tradeoff in either curve. C) a tradeoff in both curves. D) only a long-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment but not a short-run tradeoff. E) only a short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment but not a long-run tradeoff.

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In the presence of a negative externality generated by producing a good, a competitive market will produce more of that good than is socially optimal

What will be an ideal response?

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The French economist Jean-Baptiste Say transformed the equality of total output and total spending into a law that can be expressed as follows:

a. Unemployment is not possible in the short run. b. Demand and supply are never equal. c. Supply creates its own demand. d. Demand creates its own supply.

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