Government ownership of the media:
A. causes an even greater degree of rational ignorance than private ownership.
B. reduces rational ignorance because governments usually require a greater number of news broadcasts.
C. is uncommon in African countries.
D. decreases the effectiveness of special interest groups.
Answer: A. causes an even greater degree of rational ignorance than private ownership.
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A. $75 billion B. $50 billion C. $25 billion D. $0 billion
If s denotes savings rate, I denotes aggregate investment, and Y denotes GDP, then which of the following equations is correct?
A) I = s × Y B) I =s/Y C) I = Y/s D) Y = s × I
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a. economies are always efficient b. assuming full employment, supply will always determine demand c. assuming full employment, an economy is efficient only when the production of capital goods in a particular year is greater than the production of consumption goodsin that year d. assuming full employment, to produce more of any one thing, the economy must produce less of at least one other good e. the production of more consumption goods this year requires the production of morecapital goods this year
According to supply-side economics, when operating in the upper portion of the Laffer curve, tax cuts result in
A. interest rate increases. B. productivity decreases. C. income decreases. D. tax revenue increases.