Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 2.4Refer to Figure 2.4. The economy moves from Point E to Point B. This could be explained by
A. a change in society's preferences for hybrid cars versus motorcycles.
B. an increase in economic growth.
C. an increase in unemployment.
D. a reduction in unemployment.
Answer: A
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Equilibrium expenditure occurs when
A) real GDP minus net taxes equals disposable income. B) disposable income equals consumption expenditures plus imports. C) disposable income equals real GDP. D) aggregate planned expenditure equals real GDP. E) real GDP plus net taxes equals disposable income.
The "equality of opportunity" idea of fairness claims
A) a society should make the poorest as well off as possible. B) the results and the rules should both be fair. C) it's not fair if the rules aren't fair. D) private property can be transferred under government order. E) only a first-come, first-served system of allocating resources is fair.
Measures of poverty (for example, the poverty line) and the distribution of income (for example, the Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient) are misleading for which of the following two reasons?
A) First, these measures fail to include the income U.S. citizens earn working for foreign firms that have operations located in the United States. Second, these measures fail to include income foreign citizens earn working for U.S. firms that have operations in foreign countries. B) First, these measures do not take into account income mobility over time. Second, these measures ignore the effects of government programs meant to reduce poverty. C) First, none of these measures are adjusted for inflation. Second, they do not measure income on a per capita basis. D) First, these measures fail to include dividend and interest income earned on stocks and bonds. Second, these measures fail to include the value of goods and services citizens make for their own consumption that are not sold in markets.
When comparing public and private schools, the voluntary choice of going to a private school _____
a. is a Pareto optimal move b. is a Pareto superior move c. is neither Pareto optimal nor Pareto superior d. cannot be evaluated according to the Pareto criteria