During the Great Depression, the unemployment rate rose to a maximum of about
A) 10 percent. B) 25 percent. C) 50 percent. D) 13 percent. E) 67 percent.
B
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When incorporating labor-augmenting technological change into the Solow growth model, the focus is on
A) capital per worker and output per worker. B) capital per effective worker and output per worker. C) capital per worker and output per effective worker. D) capital per effective worker and output per effective worker.
The long-run price elasticity of demand for a good is usually larger than its short-run price elasticity because
a. as the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind" b. more goods are demanded in the long run than in the short run c. people have more time to find substitute goods d. incomes tend to rise over time e. supply curves shift outward over time
Proponents of rational expectations theory argued that, in the most extreme case, if policymakers are credibly committed to reducing inflation and rational people understand that commitment and quickly lower their inflation expectations, the sacrifice ratio could be as small as
a. 0. b. 1. c. 4. d. 5.
Stagflation refers to a situation in which the economy is experiencing:
A. high economic growth and high inflation. B. low economic growth and high inflation. C. high economic growth and low inflation. D. low economic growth and low inflation.