What is a "debtor nation?" Is the United States a debtor nation?

What will be an ideal response?


A debtor nation is a country that during its entire history has borrowed more from the rest of the world than it has lent to it. Although the United States was a creditor nation until the 1980s, its borrowing during the 1980s means that today the United States is a debtor nation.

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If the penalty on sellers of an illegal good is less than the penalty on buyers of an illegal good, then supply of the good will ________ by ________ demand and the price of the good will ________

A) increase; more than; increase B) decrease; more than; decrease C) decrease; less than; decrease D) decrease; the same amount as; remain the same

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The petition of the candlemakers to the sun was written by _________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Which of the following is NOT true about the aggregate demand curve?

A. The aggregate demand curve shows total planned real expenditures at different price levels. B. The aggregate demand curve considers the entire circular flow of income. C. Changes in the economic conditions in other countries will lead to a shift of the aggregate demand curve. D. The production possibilities curve determines the slope of the aggregate demand curve.

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Refer to the information provided in Figure 2.5 below to answer the question(s) that follow. Figure 2.5Refer to Figure 2.5. For this economy to move from Point C to Point B, ________ additional LCD TVs could be produced when the production of OLED TVs is reduced by 20.

A. exactly 30 B. exactly 60 C. fewer than 30 D. more than 30

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