A budget deficit is the:

A. amount of money a government spends beyond the net revenue it brings in.
B. amount of net revenue a government brings in beyond what it spends.
C. total amount of money that a government owes.
D. total amount of money that a government spends for discretionary policies.


A. amount of money a government spends beyond the net revenue it brings in.

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A) union wage. B) government wage. C) efficiency wage. D) minimum wage. E) city wage.

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If consumers experience an increase in lifetime income, current spending will ________, current saving will ________, and future spending will ________

A) increase; increase; increase B) increase; decrease; decrease C) increase; decrease; increase D) increase; increase; decrease E) decrease; increase; increase

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Contracting is a better arrangement for operating an electricity market than is a spot market

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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As workforces become more educated in countries with comparative advantages in labor-intensive products, cheap labor becomes:

A. more abundant relative to capital. B. less abundant relative to skilled labor. C. more abundant relative to skilled labor. D. None of these is true.

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