If the Lorenz curve becomes more outwardly bowed, it is also true that the number of families living in poverty:
A. must have risen.
B. must have remained the same.
C. could have risen or fallen.
D. must have fallen.
Answer: C
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Use the figure below to answer the following question.
Refer to the three demand curves. An "increase in demand" would be illustrated as a change from
A. line A to C. B. point 4 to point 1. C. point 1 to point 2. D. line C to B.
In long-run macroeconomic equilibrium, the
A) real wage rate has adjusted so that the economy is on the short-run aggregate supply curve but not on the long-run aggregate supply curve. B) long-run aggregate supply curve has shifted in response to a money wage rate increase so that potential GDP equals real GDP. C) aggregate demand curve adjusts to the point where the long-run aggregate supply curve and the short-run aggregate supply curve intersect. D) None of the above answers is correct.
Due to diminishing marginal returns, the ultimate source of economic growth in the United States from 1949 to 2010 has been
A) capital. B) labor. C) total factor productivity. D) Capital, labor, and total factor productivity are all subject to diminishing marginal returns, and therefore are all equally responsible for economic growth.
What type of risk behavior does the person exhibit who is willing to pay $5 for the chance to bet $60 on a game where 20% of the time the bet returns $100, and 80% of the time returns $50? Explain
What will be an ideal response?