During the 1960s, U.S. steel firms argued they needed tariff protection because Germany and Japan were using new mills to make steel since their old mills were destroyed in World War II. Essentially, this argument is a form of the
A) infant-industry argument.
B) anti-dumping argument.
C) countering foreign subsidies argument.
D) national defense argument.
A
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A limited military draft is likely to be inefficient because
a. it transfers wealth from those who are drafted to those who benefit from the army's services. b. the wage rate paid to army personnel is set by the government, not by the market. c. more people will be drafted than would have joined a volunteer army. d. there is no guarantee that young adults with the lowest opportunity costs will be drafted.
A person 16 years or older who does not work, but is actively looking for work, is officially classified as:
A. chronically unemployed. B. employed. C. out of the labor force. D. unemployed.
Which of the following statements is true?
A) An increase in potential GDP increases aggregate supply and shifts the AS curve leftward. B) A decrease in potential GDP decreases aggregate supply and shifts the AS curve leftward. C) An increase in the money wage rate shifts the AS curve rightward. D) A fall in the price level shifts the AS curve leftward. E) An increase in the money wage rate increases potential GDP.
The provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) which states that every firm with more than 200 full-time employees must offer health insurance to its employees and must automatically enroll them in the plan is the ________
provision. A) individual mandate B) regulation of health insurance C) state health insurance marketplaces D) employer mandate