If the government adopts a "hands off" approach to cost-push inflation in the economy, then in the short run there is likely to be:
A. A rise in real output
B. A fall in unemployment
C. An inflationary spiral
D. A recession
D. A recession
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Under the rational expectations hypothesis, if wages adjust rapidly to new information about intended policy actions, the only time that changes in government policies have real effects is when
A) the changes are unanticipated. B) the changes involve monetary policy. C) the changes involve fiscal policy. D) the changes affect aggregate demand.
Comparing a perfectly competitive market to a single-price monopoly with the same costs, we see that
A) both markets are equally efficient in their use of resources. B) the monopoly market always is more efficient in the use of resources. C) the perfectly competitive market achieves efficiency in resource use while the monopoly market does not. D) the monopoly market achieves efficiency in resource use while perfectly competitive market does not. E) None of the above answers is correct because comparing a perfectly competitive market to a monopoly is impossible.
A company can hire non-union workers, but a condition of their employment is that they must join the union within their first 90 days on the job. This is an example of a
A) right-to-work law. B) closed-shop. C) union shop. D) voluntary craft union.
Scientists prefer to advance irrefutable theories, rather than refutable theories
Indicate whether the statement is true or false