The mortgage crisis started to come to a head
A) when the Federal Reserve started to raise interest rates.
B) when government deficit started to grow at increasing rates.
C) when the Federal Reserve passed a law aimed at getting every American to own their own home.
D) a. and b. are true
A
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In the figure above, suppose the government provides vouchers worth $15,000 per student per year. When the market is in equilibrium, marginal social benefit ________ marginal cost, and the number of students enrolled is ________
A) exceeds; above the efficient quantity B) exceeds; below the efficient quantity C) is below; above the efficient quantity D) is below; below the efficient quantity E) equals; efficient
Which of the following is one explanation as to why the aggregate demand curve slopes downward?
A) Decreases in the price level raise the interest rate and increase consumption spending. B) Decreases in the price level raise the interest rate and increase investment spending. C) Decreases in the price level raise real wealth and increase consumption spending. D) Decreases in the U.S. price level relative to the price level in other countries lower net exports.
Economists Kenneth Chay and Michael Greenstone found that in the two years following the passage of the Clean Air Act of 1970, the sharp reduction in air pollution also led to a decline in infant deaths
Although this and other studies provide compelling evidence of the link between pollution and infant health, it is not clear that reductions from the much lower levels of ambient pollution today would have the same effect. Which of the following reasons could explain this? A) Today, the level of pollution is much higher. Therefore, it will take a much larger reduction in air pollution to reap benefits similar to those in 1970. B) The cost of pollution abatement today is much higher than it was in the 1970s. Thus, it would be far more costly to achieve the same level of benefit today as the benefit achieved in 1970. C) When levels of pollution are high, the marginal benefit of reducing pollution is low. Therefore, it was necessary to significantly reduce air pollution in 1970 before benefits could be realized. Today, when the level of pollution is much lower, such drastic measures are unnecessary. D) When levels of pollution are high, the marginal benefit of reducing pollution also is high. It follows therefore that the benefit of reducing air pollution in 1970 would be much higher than the benefit from a proportional reduction in air pollution today when the level of pollution is much lower.
Jeff Kaufman decides to bank with Paris First National Bank (PFN). He opens a checking account by depositing $1,000. According to the PFN balance sheet, after this initial $1,000 checkable deposit, there are $1,000 in:
A. reserves and $1,000 in checkable deposits. B. liabilities and $2,000 in checkable deposits. C. checkable deposits and $0 in assets. D. assets and $0 in liabilities.