Which of the following is a valid concern about the national debt for a country whose debt is held entirely by its citizens?
a. The welfare of future generations will be directly related to the per capita size of the national debt that they inherit.
b. Growth of the national debt will eventually lead to the bankruptcy of the government.
c. When the debt comes due, future generations may be unable to pay it off.
d. If the increases in the national debt reduce private expenditures on capital formation, future generations may have lower incomes because they will inherit a smaller stock of capital.
D
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XYZ Corporation operates in a perfectly competitive market and is currently maximizing profit. To keep the firm's costs low, XYZ's managers have decided to dump waste in a nearby river
Explain why the level of output currently produced by XYZ is not efficient.
The fact that our wants are unlimited but our resources are limited implies that
A) we should limit our wants. B) entrepreneurship has failed as an economic system. C) we have to make choices. D) the only way to make someone better off is to make someone else worse off.
Nonexcludability causes:
A. firms to supply a lower quantity than they would if they incurred the full costs of the provision of the good. B. people to demand a higher quantity than they would if they had to pay for what they consumed. C. people to demand a lower quantity than they would if they paid for what they consumed. D. firms to supply a higher quantity than they would if they had to pay for what they supplied.
Exhibit 20-1 Money market demand and supply curves
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As shown in Exhibit 20-1, assume the money supply curve shifts leftward from MS1 to MS2 and the economy is operating along the intermediate segment of the aggregate supply curve. The result will be a:
A. higher investment, lower real GDP, and lower price level. B. lower investment, lower real GDP, and lower price level. C. higher investment, higher real GDP, and higher price level. D. higher interest rate and no effect on real GDP or the price level.