The highest tariff rates of the twentieth century in the United States arose as a result of which law?
A) the Robinson-Patman Act
B) the Tariff of Abominations Act
C) the Wheeler-Lea Act
D) the Smoot-Hawley Act
D
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How would an increase in prices in retail stores change the real value of the money you earn as wages?
What will be an ideal response?
The very low interest rates following the financial crisis of 2007-2009 resulted in:
A) many people moving their funds from CDs and money market accounts to checking accounts in order to have more liquidity without sacrificing much interest B) funds being transferred from checking accounts to time deposits C) further declines in checking accounts that began in the early 1970s D) people switching their funds from checking deposits to CDs in the pursuit of higher interest rates
Members of the top quintile of income earners in every country today:
A. earn disproportionately more than those in the bottom quintile. B. earn disproportionately less than those in the middle quintile. C. earn disproportionately less than they did 100 years ago. D. All of these are true.
Economic analysis assumes that
a. people act only out of selfish motives. b. people are motivated by a variety of forces; however, changes in personal benefits and costs affect behavior only when individuals are motivated by selfishness. c. people are basically unselfish, and their actions are, therefore, difficult to predict. d. changes in the personal benefits and costs associated with an activity will exert a predictable influence on the behavior of both those who are selfish and those who are unselfish.