Which of the following are positive economic statements and which are normative economic statements?
a. An increase in the minimum wage causes unemployment.
b. The government should raise the minimum wage above $7.25 per hour.
c. The prolonged recession has caused the unemployment rate to reach a 30-year high.
d. Interest rates need to be lower for the economy to emerge from the recession.
e. Inflation has decreased since the onset of the recession.
f. Once the recession has ended, interest rates should increase to assure that inflation does not go up.
What will be an ideal response?
Statements a, c, and e are positive economic statements. Statements b, d, and f are normative economic statements.
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A) positive slope if the income effect exceeds the substitution effect. B) negative slope if the substitution effect exceeds the income effect. C) positive slope if the substitution effect exceeds the income effect. D) negative slope regardless of whether the substitution effect or income effect is larger.
The figure above shows a preference map for Sarah, who likes hamburgers and milk shakes
a) Which two combinations contain the same amount of hamburgers but different quantities of shakes? b) Which combination(s) does Sarah most prefer? Why? c) Which combination(s) does Sarah least prefer? Why? d) Between which combinations is Sarah indifferent? Why?
Which of the following is not part of the "taxes" provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
A) Workers earning more than $200,000 pay higher Medicare payroll taxes. B) Investors earning more than $200,000 pay a new tax on their investment income. C) Pharmaceutical firms and health insurance firms pay new taxes. D) Beginning in 2018, all taxes on employer-provided health insurance plans will be reduced or eliminated.
Make use of a graph of the foreign exchange market to show how the Brazilian Central Bank can use an unsterilized intervention to reduce the value of its currency, the real, in terms of the dollar
What will be an ideal response?