A recession is a decline in:
A. the natural rate of unemployment.
B. GDP that lasts six months or longer.
C. GDP that lasts one year or longer.
D. the full-employment unemployment rate over a year.
Answer: B
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What will be an ideal response?
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A. social norms can sometimes be powerful enough for commonly held property to be managed extremely well. B. social norms are not an effective solution for the management of commonly held property. C. that privatization of public goods is the most effective solution to market failure associated with commonly held property. D. government provision of public goods is the most efficient solution to the tragedy of the commons problem.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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