Government programs, such as Social Security, food stamps, AFDC, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid, that guarantee particular levels of transfer payments to all who fit the programs' criteria are called:

A. Public assistance programs

B. Social insurance programs

C. Benefit-reduction programs

D. Entitlement programs


D. Entitlement programs

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Transfer payments represent income that is not earned but received by individuals

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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If a consumer's total cost of purchasing a basket of goods increases from $600 in 2012 to $800 in 2015, it implies that the inflation rate is _____ percent

a. 33.33 b. 20 c. 20.33 d. 30.23

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Refer to Figure 6.5. The substitution effect is shown by the movement:



A. from point A to point B.

B. from point A to point C.

C. from point B to point C.

D. from point B to point A.

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