What would happen in an economy if total planned production exceeded total planned real expenditures?
A) Inventories would be depleted, and firms would tend to lower prices.
B) Inventories would accumulate, and firms would tend to lower prices.
C) Inventories would be depleted, and firms would tend to raise prices.
D) Inventories would accumulate, and firms would tend to raise prices.
B
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The table above shows the total product schedule for The X Firm. The average product of labor is maximized at ________ workers because ________
A) 4; productivity is maximized when the 4th worker is employed B) 3; output starts to decrease with the 4th worker C) 5; output is maximized with the 5th worker D) 4; the marginal product of labor is increasing with the 4th worker E) 5; the APL exceeds the MPL for the 5th worker
The United States produces ____ of what it consumes, and consumes ____ of what it produces
a. little, little b. little, most c. most, little d. most, most
The "broken window fallacy"
a. explains why inflation is so high. b. is a justification for the government to print more money. c. is illustrated when a government program is justified not on its merits but on the number of jobs it will create. d. has nothing to do with public policy.
You are trying to design a tax system that will simultaneously achieve both of the following goals: 1) two people with the same total income would pay taxes of the same amount, and 2) a high-income person would pay a higher fraction of income in taxes than a low-income person. Which of the following tax systems could achieve both goals?
a. a lump-sum tax b. a regressive tax c. a progressive tax d. a proportional tax