Assume the economy is operating at a real GDP above full-employment real GDP. Keynesian economists would prescribe which of the following policies?
a. Nonintervention
b. Fixed rule
c. Contractionary
d. Expansionary
c
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Underlying economic theory is the idea that
A) people respond only to negative incentives, not to positive ones. B) choices are affected by both positive and negative incentives. C) value judgments do not play a role in the economic decisions people make. D) money is the only incentive that matters.
If a major league baseball player would be willing to work for $500,000 per year and is currently being paid $1,200,000 per year, the opportunity cost of his decision to play baseball is
A) $500,000. B) $1,200,000. C) $1,700,000. D) $700,000.
A manager invests $400,000 in a technology that should reduce the overall costs of production. The company managed to reduce their cost per unit from $2 to $1.85 . After the investment has been made, the $400,000 investment is
a. Considered sunk costs, not relevant in further decision making b. Considered sunk costs, but still relevant in further decision making c. Considered a loss d. Considered a profit
With railroads, ________ considerations were given to rural areas at the expense of urban areas.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).