According to the Keynesian school of thought, the economy is not self-regulating. That is, to achieve a satisfactory level of real GDP, the government often has to intervene by managing aggregate demand
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Refer to the figure at right. Medicare subsidies have increased the price of medical services to Upper P Subscript s. Which of the following statements is true about the effect the Medicare subsidy has had on the consumption of medical services?
A. The amount of medical services provided has remained unchanged as a result of the subsidy. B. The amount of medical services provided has increased from Upper Q 0 to Upper Q Subscript Upper M as a result of the subsidy. C. The amount of medical services provided has increased from Upper Q Subscript d to Upper Q Subscript Upper M as a result of the subsidy. D. The amount of medical services provided has decreased from Upper Q 0 to Upper Q Subscript d as a result of the subsidy.
A minimum wage set above the equilibrium wage
A) decreases the deadweight loss in the market. B) decreases the workers' surplus because workers must spend resources looking for jobs. C) increases the firm's surplus. D) increases the market's efficiency. E) has no effect on the market.
When a freely functioning market is in disequilibrium:
a. the government must set a price ceiling. b. the government must set a price floor. c. the price and quantities demanded and/or supplied change until equilibrium is established. d. it will continue to remain in disequilibrium. e. it will reach equilibrium at a very high/low price.
Using Figure 1 above, if the aggregate demand curve shifts from AD1 to AD2 the result in the long run would be:
A. P1 and Y2. B. P2 and Y2. C. P3 and Y1. D. P2 and Y3.