Which economist first identified an inverse relationship between rates of inflation and rates of unemployment?
a. John M. Keynes
b. A. W. Phillips
c. Robert Barro
d. Adam Smith
e. Arthur Laffer
B
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The table above shows the distribution of income in Swacko. The government of Swacko imposes a 20 percent tax on the people with the highest 40 percent of income
The government then distributes 50 percent of the tax collected to the lowest 20 percent and 25 percent to the second 20 percent and the middle 20 percent. Suppose that the before-tax group incomes remain as above. Before and after the distribution, what percentage of national income belongs to the lowest 20 percent? A) 2 percent; 10 percent B) 20 percent; 20 percent C) 5 percent; 25 percent D) 2 percent; 2 percent
Holding other things constant, an increase in the inflation rate in the US compared to China may cause the demand for dollar to _____________ and the supply for dollar to __________
a. Increase; decrease b. Increase, increase c. Decrease; Increase d. Decrease; Decrease
Diseconomies of scale at the firm level occur
a. wherever the firm's long-run average cost curve is horizontal b. wherever the firm's long-run total cost curve is horizontal c. where marginal cost equals marginal revenue d. if a firm becomes "too large" e. if any of the firm's plants becomes "too large"
At the end of last year the Consumer Price Index was equal to 157.5 and at the end of this year it was equal to 163.8. What is the inflation rate over this time period?
A) 6.3 percent B) 4.0 percent C) 3.85 percent D) 10.1 percent