The level of total spending is the immediate determinant of the:

A. ratio of private to public goods production.
B. level of real output and employment.
C. inflation rate.
D. size of the labor force.


Answer: B

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Consider a Cournot oligopoly consisting of four identical firms producing good X. If the firms produce good X at a marginal cost of $7 per unit and the market elasticity of demand is ?2, determine the profit-maximizing price.

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To calculate GDP by the expenditure method, one must add

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