"The people of America want energy independence." From the economic way of thinking, this statement is
What will be an ideal response?
extremely vague.
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The value of U.S. imports is ________.
A. added to exports when calculating GDP, because imports reflect spending by Americans B. subtracted from exports when calculating GDP, because imports do not constitute production in the United States C. subtracted from exports when calculating GDP, because imports do not constitute spending by Americans D. added when calculating GDP, because imports do not constitute production in the United States
Increasing the income tax rate ________ the ________
A) does not change; supply of labor B) decreases; supply of labor C) increases; supply of labor D) decreases; demand for labor E) increases; demand for labor
Your neighbor likes to blast 1970's rock music and the louder the better. The loud music imposes a cost on you because it disrupts your study of economics. Let D stand for the volume of his music in decibels, B for his benefits and C for your costs, where B and C are measured in dollars. For any given volume, D, your neighbor's benefit is B = 0.63D - 0.002D2 and your cost is C = 0.06D + 0.001D2. With an efficient Pigouvian tax, what noise level will your neighbor choose?
A. 90 decibels B. 95 decibels C. 115 decibels D. 345 decibels
If the fraction of the economy's nominal GDP held by the public in the form of money is 20 percent, income velocity in the economy is
A) 5. B) 80 percent. C) 0.20. D) 20.