Give a brief description of the history of tariffs in the United States
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Today, U.S. tariffs are low compared to their historical levels. The average U.S. tariff was highest in the early 1930s when the Smoot-Hawley tariff was passed. The average tariff at that time was about 20 percent. Since then there has been a general downward trend so that today the average tariff is less than 5 percent. The downward trend was fairly rapid until 1950 and has slowed since then.
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The above figure shows the U.S. market for wheat. With international trade, ________ is the transfer of surplus from consumers to producers
A) area B + area C B) area D C) area C + area F D) area C + area D E) area B + area C + area D
If incomes are rising, in the market for an inferior good,
a. its price will rise and the quantity exchanged will rise. b. its price will rise and the quantity exchanged will fall. c. its price will fall and the quantity exchanged will rise. d. its price will fall and the quantity exchanged will fall.
Which of the following statements is not valid when the market supply curve is vertical?
a. Market quantity supplied does not change when the price changes. b. Supply is perfectly inelastic. c. An increase in market demand will increase the equilibrium quantity. d. An increase in market demand will increase the equilibrium price.
As the Consumer Price Index increases, the value of money
a. falls, so people hold more money to buy the goods and services they want. b. falls, so people hold less money to buy the goods and services they want. c. rises, so people hold more money to buy the goods and services they want. d. rises, so people hold less money to buy the goods and services they want.