Which statement is true?
A. Income is fairly evenly distributed in the U.S.
B. The richest 1% of our population has nearly 50% of the income.
C. The percentage of Americans below the poverty line has been falling steadily (except for recession) since the 1950s.
D. Eleven percent of the children under six living in a two parent home are poor.
D. Eleven percent of the children under six living in a two parent home are poor.
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If Stock A sometimes increases and sometimes decreases in value when Stock B decreases in value at the same time, they are
A) negatively correlated. B) uncorrelated. C) positively correlated. D) random bets.
Have Malthus' predictions about population growth come true?
A) no, because modern birth control has limited population growth in all nations B) yes, as evidenced by the famine and food shortages affecting every nation today C) no, because the world's food supply has grown much more rapidly than Malthus foresaw D) Yes. The world's food supply, measured by calories per person, continues to fall.
John is trying to decide whether to expand his business or not. If he continues his business as it is, with no expansion, there is a 50 percent chance he will earn $100,000 and a 50 percent chance he will earn $300,000. If he does expand, there is a 30 percent chance he will earn $100,000, a 30 percent chance he will earn $300,000 and a 40 percent chance he will earn $500,000. It will cost him $150,000 to expand. John should:
A. expand, since he expects to earn $320,000 by expanding, and it will only cost him $150,000 to do so. B. not expand, because there is a chance John will earn the same as if he didn't expand and would be out the $150,000 investment. C. not expand, since he expects to earn $120,000 more by expanding than not, and it will cost him $150,000 to do so. D. expand, since he has a 70 percent chance of earning more than the cost of expansion.
Along the intermediate range of the aggregate supply curve, an increase in the aggregate demand curve will increase:
a. both the price level and real GDP. b. only real GDP. c. only the price level. d. real GDP and reduce the price level.