A main argument for investing in US securities is the:

A. low rate of interest
B. high rate of interest.
C. low risk of owning them.
D. varied time frame of payment for different types of securities.


Answer: C

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The general approaches to global poverty reduction include all of the following except

A. Within-nation redistribution of income. B. Government growth. C. Economic growth. D. Across-nation redistribution of income.

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Assume a society can produce either beer or wine. If the marginal rate of transformation of gallons of beer into gallons of wine is 0.5, then the opportunity cost of beer is

A. the 2 gallons of wine that must be forgone. B. the 0.5 gallons of beer that must be forgone. C. the 2 gallons of beer that must be forgone. D. the additional 0.5 gallons of beer that can be produced.

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