Refer to the information provided in Figure 16.2 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
Figure 16.2Refer to Figure 16.2. To force this firm to produce the ________ level of output, the government should ________ of $10.00 per car.
A. efficient; impose a tax
B. market; issue a subsidy
C. market; impose a tax
D. efficient; issue a subsidy
Answer: A
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Answer the next question on the basis of the following consolidated balance sheet of the commercial banking system. Assume that the reserve requirement is 10%. All figures are in billions.Assets (billions of dollars)Liabilities & Net Worth (billions of dollars)Reserves$60Checkable deposits$600Securities140Stock shares260Loans260 Property400 Suppose the Fed wants to reduce the money supply by $400 billion to drive up interest rates and dampen inflation. Assuming that the money multiplier is operating to full effect, to accomplish the desired reduction, the Fed could ________.
A. sell $40 billion of U.S. securities to the banks B. buy $40 billion of U.S. securities from the banks C. buy $20 billion of U.S. securities from the banks D. sell $20 billion of U.S. securities to the banks
The Fed generally intervenes very actively in specific asset markets in all kinds of circumstances
a. True b. False
The Social Security system was founded
A) during the Civil War, to pay pensions for veterans. B) during the last years of the nineteenth century, as people who had once depended on having a family farm found themselves without a means of support. C) as the United States began to recover from the Great Depression. D) in response to concerns that arose during the high inflation of the 1970s.
Referring to Figure 1.8, if a point is attainable, it is in 
A. AREA #1 or is on the curve. B. AREA #2 but not on the curve. C. AREA #2 or is on the curve. D. AREA #1 but not on the curve.