The growth records of Japan and Hong Kong during the last fifty years indicate that an economy can grow rapidly without
a. securely defined property rights.
b. abundant domestic natural resources.
c. significant capital formation.
d. adopting modern technology.
B
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Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
A) Unemployment can occur even when an economy is growing. B) The line between frictional and structural unemployment is sometimes hard to draw. C) The natural rate of unemployment is estimated to be between 5 percent and 6.5 percent in the U.S. D) The term "full employment" means that 100 percent of the labor force is employed.
It is possible to purchase diplomas from diploma mills. The situation in which the degrees are more important than the knowledge they are supposed to represent is called:
A. accreditation. B. credentialism. C. cretinism. D. diplomacy.
Jack lost his job six months ago, and he's been actively looking for a new job ever since. The Bureau of Labor Statistics would classify Jack as
A) a discouraged worker. B) unemployed. C) out of the labor force. D) all of the above.
If the yield curve has a mild upward slope, the liquidity premium theory (assuming a mild preference for shorter-term bonds) indicates that the market is predicting
A) a rise in short-term interest rates in the near future and a decline further out in the future. B) constant short-term interest rates in the near future and further out in the future. C) a decline in short-term interest rates in the near future and a rise further out in the future. D) a decline in short-term interest rates in the near future and an even steeper decline further out in the future.