Each year, researchers at the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal look at 50 different categories of economic freedom for countries around the world. In each category, they give each nation a score based on extent of economic freedom in that category. What sorts of questions regarding the level of economic freedom might these researchers have asked within this survey which would help rank nations' economic freedom? Please list at least three questions.
What will be an ideal response?
Who’s in control of economic decisions? Are people free to do what they want and to work where they want? Are businesses free to produce when they want and what they choose, and to hire and fire as they wish? Are banks free to choose who will receive loans? Or does the government control these kinds of choices?
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Amy can produce either 5000 pounds of cheese or 20 cars per year. Mike can produce either 5000 pounds of cheese or 10 cars per year. If both Amy and Mike produce the good in which they have comparative advantage, the total annual output of this economy will be ________.
A. 10,000 pounds of cheese and 30 cars B. 10,000 pounds of cheese C. 5,000 pounds of cheese and 20 cars D. 30 cars
If the quality or quantity of a particular public service is very difficult to monitor, government is more likely to
a. produce the service itself b. contract with private firms to supply the service c. take over private corporations to produce the service d. refuse to provide the service e. raise the price to consumers of the service
The political business cycle refers to
a. the fact that about every four years some politician advocates greater government control of the Fed. b. the potential for a central bank to increase the money supply and therefore real GDP to help the incumbent get re-elected. c. the part of the business cycle caused by the reluctance of politicians to smooth the business cycle. d. changes in output created by the monetary rule the Fed must follow.
If you are a sole proprietor of a firm and you do not pay yourself a regular wage, then the value of the wage you could have earned elsewhere is
A. an explicit cost. B. an accounting cost. C. an implicit cost. D. not a cost.