Which of the following would most likely serve as an example of a monopoly?
a. a bakery in a large city
b. a bank in a large city
c. a local cable television company
d. a small group of corn farmers
c
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Excessive use of monetary or fiscal policies to achieve stabilization may:
A) require the cooperation of firms and the public in order to be effective. B) backfire if the economy becomes destabilized through erratic application. C) never be necessary as long as the economy can rely on automatic stabilizers. D) be better than weaker measures that may not hit the target.
The market
A. Always provides the optimal mix of goods and services. B. On its own may not always provide the optimal mix of goods and services. C. Always provides a better mix of goods and services without government intervention than it does with government intervention. D. May not produce the optimal mix of output, which is known as government failure.
Unique risk is another name for:
A. the risk premium. B. idiosyncratic risk. C. market risk. D. systematic risk.
In the United States, GDP has grown slower than the population since 1870
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false