Starting from long-run equilibrium, a large tax increase will result in a(n) ________ gap in the short-run and ________ inflation and ________ output in the long-run.
A. recessionary; lower; potential
B. expansionary; lower; potential
C. expansionary; higher; potential
D. recessionary; lower; lower
Answer: A
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With perfect price discrimination, each consumer is charged the marginal value of each unit consumed
a. True b. False
Society might argue that there are cases in which it is appropriate to resist price increases in situations where scarcity is serious. Included would be the case of
A. unrestrained monopoly that would otherwise succeed in extracting funds from the public. B. taxes imposed on products capriciously and inappropriately. C. rising prices falling so heavily on the poor that rationing becomes preferable. D. All of the responses are correct.
The difference between taxes and government spending is called: a. household saving. b. national saving
c. net tax. d. public saving.
The quantity theory of money
a. is a fairly recent addition to economic theory.
b. can explain both moderate inflation and hyperinflation.
c. argues that inflation is caused by too little money in the economy.
d. All of the above are correct.