In a market economy the relationship between making a lot of money and providing services that are highly valued by others is
A) negative.
B) random.
C) controlled by the government.
D) positive.
D) positive.
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During 2013, exports increase from $1.0 trillion to $1.5 trillion. If the slope of the aggregate planned expenditure (AE) curve is 0.75, real GDP increases by
A) $8.0 trillion. B) $2.0 trillion. C) $6.0 trillion. D) $1.0 trillion. E) $4.0 trillion.
Monopolistically competitive firms could reduce the average total cost of producing by increasing output; therefore, these firms have
One reads the following in a newspaper: "Today the president and Congress agreed to impose new restrictive quotas on Japanese cars coming into the country." As a result, an economist would predict that the
A) supply of cars in the country will remain the same and the (average) price of cars will fall. B) supply of cars in the country will fall and the (average) price of cars will rise. C) supply of cars in the country will rise and the (average) price of cars will fall. D) demand for cars in the country will fall and the (average) price of cars will rise. E) demand for cars in the country will rise and the (average) price of cars will rise.
Assume a family that earns $20,000 pays $1,000 in income taxes, while a family that earns $40,000 pays $3,750 in income taxes. In this situation, the income tax system is
A) progressive. B) regressive. C) proportional. D) one of the above but we cannot tell which one without more information.