To describe the feelings of investors, the phrase "animal spirits" of entrepreneurs was coined by
A. Adam Smith.
B. Karl Marx.
C. John Maynard Keynes.
D. Milton Friedman.
Answer: C
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As inflation drives up prices, people attempt to find substitutes and adjust what they buy. The resulting substitution bias problem causes the CPI to
a. overstate the impact of higher prices on consumers. b. consistently underestimate the true inflation rate. c. omit the benefits of product quality improvements. d. have larger fluctuations than other price indexes.
When the Shaffers had a monthly income of $4,000, they usually ate out 8 times a month. Now that the couple makes $4,500 a month, they eat out 10 times a month. Compute the couple's income elasticity of demand using the midpoint method. Explain your answer. Is a restaurant meal a normal or inferior good to the couple?
Suppose a monopolist has costs such that when output is 500 units per hour, average costs are $3. If the monopolist is regulated by a policy of average-cost pricing, the monopolist will charge a price of:
A. $3. B. $3 only if the quantity demanded is 500 units per hour at a price of $3. C. $3 only if the quantity demanded is greater than 500 units at a price of $3. D. $3 only if the quantity demanded is less than 500 units per hour at a price of $3.
The fact that output gaps will not last indefinitely, but will be closed by rising or falling inflation is the economy's:
A. income-expenditure multiplier. B. self-correcting property. C. short-run equilibrium property. D. long-run equilibrium property.