How can the U.S. federal government induce increases in the national saving rate?
A) by lowering the sales tax
B) by levying taxes on individual retirement (IRA) accounts
C) by reducing budget deficits
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
C
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Suppose the government currently places tariffs and/or other import restrictions on good X. Will imposing a tariff and/or trade restriction on good Y necessarily reduce overall social welfare for the economy?
What will be an ideal response?
Suppose that at current consumption levels an individual's marginal utility of consuming an extra hot dog is 10 whereas the marginal utility of consuming an extra soft drink is 2 . Then the MRS (of soft drinks for hot dogs)—that is, the number of hot dogs the individual is willing to give up to get one more soft drink—is:
a. 5. b. 2. c. 1/2. d. 1/5.
Which of the following best describes what will happen to equilibrium if large numbers of people cancel cable television subscriptions in exchange for subscriptions to on-demand movies and televisions providers like Netflix and Hulu?
a. A change in tastes away from cable television causes a leftward shift in the demand curve, a decrease in the equilibrium quantity, and an increase in the equilibrium price. b. A change in tastes away from cable television causes a rightward shift in the demand curve, a decrease in the equilibrium quantity, and a decrease in the equilibrium price. c. A change in tastes away from cable television causes a leftward shift in the demand curve, an increase in the equilibrium quantity, and a decrease in the equilibrium price. d. A change in tastes away from cable television causes a rightward shift in the demand curve, a decrease in the equilibrium quantity, and a decrease in the equilibrium price.
Private goods are characterized by two important attributes. What are they?
a. marginality and depletability b. scalability and desirability c. repeatability and reliability d. depletability and excludability