Between 1994 and 2000 the poverty rate ____ and the number of people on welfare ______.

A. declined; declined
B. rose; rose
C. rose; declined
D. declined; rose


A. declined; declined

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Refer to the figure above. If the capital stock is fixed at $300, what is the investment in the economy?

A) $5,000 B) $6,000 C) $4,000 D) $7,000

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The market demand function for wheat is Qd = 10 - 2P and the market supply function is Qs = 4P - 2, both measured in billions of bushels per year. Suppose the government wants to increase the price of wheat to $3/bushel and they impose a voluntary production reduction program to achieve their goal. How much would the government have to pay farmers?

A. $1.5 billion B. $3 billion C. $4.5 billion D. $18 billion

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A natural monopoly is producing an output level of 1,000 units per day. If the monopoly is broken up into 5 firms, then average total cost for each of the 5 firms

a. will exceed the monopolist's average total cost b. will equal the monopolist's average total cost c. will fall below the monopolist's average total cost d. may equal or fall below the monopolist's average total cost e. may equal or exceed the monopolist's average total cost

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Which of these conclusions does the graph U.S. Unemployment by Race or Ethnic Group support?




a. Businesses tend to give jobs to white workers before they will hire black or Hispanic
workers.
b. The unemployment rate for Hispanic workers is determined by whether employers
perceive them as white or black.
c. White workers have a lower unemployment rate because they make up less of the
U.S. workforce than black and Hispanic workers.
d. White, black, and Hispanic workers all constitute roughly the same proportion of the U.S. workforce.

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