Slow growth in US incomes during the 1970s and 1980s was primarily due to

a. slow productivity growth in the US.
b. increased competition from Japan.
c. increased competition from European countries.
d. a rapid decrease in the quantity of money in the economy.


a

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Demand for luxuries tends to be

a. elastic. b. inelastic. c. indeterminate. d. unit elastic.

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The money demand curve, against possible levels of interest rates, has a

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Assume the income elasticity of a good has been calculated to be +0.83. Based on this information, we can infer that the good is:

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