A. increase expenditure on public education
B. eliminate civil war
C. All of these answers would increase growth
D. increase restrictions on the importing of American tractors and electronics
Related Mcqs:
- Suppose two economists are arguing about policies that deal with unemployment. One economist says. The government could lower unemployment by one percentage point if it would just increase government spending by 50 billion dollars the other economist responds Nonsense and poppycock! If the government spent an additional 50 billion dollars it would reduce unemployment by only one tenth of one percent. and that effect would only be temporary! These economists ?
A. None of these answers
B. Disagree because they have different scientific judgments
C. really don’t disagree at all. It just appears that they disagree
D. disagree because they have different values - Which of the following sets of government policies is the most growth oriented ?
A. Lower taxes on the returns to saving, provide investment tax credits and lower the deficit
B. Increase tax on the returns to saving Provide investment tax credits and increase the deficit
C. Increase tax on the returns to saving Provide investment tax credits and lower the deficit
D. Lower taxes on the returns to saving Provide investment tax credits and increase the deficit - A comparison of Japan’s policies before 1945 with the policies in effect after 1945 indicates that______________?
A. reduction in spending on military goods leads to economic depression
B. dependence on foreign trade usually leads to a weakened national economy
C. territorial aggression is not necessary to secure national economic goals
D. democratic institution hinder economic growth - Suppose an industry emits a negative externality such a pollution and the possible methods to internalize the externality are command-and-control policies, pigovian taxes, and tradable pollution permits. If economists were to rank these methods for internalizing a negative externality based on efficiency ease of implementation and the incentive for the industry to further reduce pollution in the future, they would probably rank them in the following order (from most favored to least favored) ?
A. Pigouvian taxes, command-and-control policies, tradable pollution permits.
B. tradable pollution permits, Pigouvian taxes, command-and-control policies
C. tradable pollution permits command-and-control policies, Pigovian taxes.
D. command-and-control policies, tradable pollution permits, Pigovian taxes.
E. They would all rank equally high because the same result can be obtained from any one of the policies - Government policies that focus on changing taxes and government spending are called ?
A. fiscal policies
B. incomes policies
C. supply-side policies
D. monetary policies - The belief that the rate of growth depends upon technological progress facilitated by institutions incentives and government is known as ________ growth theory?
A. endogenous
B. exogenous
C. beta
D. convergence - Which of the following government policies would fail to lower the unemployment rate ?
A. Establishing worker training Programs
B. Establishing right-to-work laws
C. Reducing unemployment benefits
D. Establishing employment agencies
E. Raising the minimum wage - A significant increase in the government budget deficit is likely to ?
A. Reduce injections into the economy
B. Reduce national income
C. Move the economy away from full employment
D. Boost aggregate demand - An increase in the budget deficit that causes the government to increase its borrowing ?
A. Shifts the supply of loanable funds to the right
B. Shift the demand for loandbale funds to the left
C. Shift the demand for loanable funds to the right
D. Shift the supply of loanable funds to the left - When an increase in government purchases increases the income of some people, and those people spend some of that increase in income on additional consumer goods, we have seen a demonstration of ?
A. The multiplier effects
B. supply side economics
C. None of these answers
D. The crowding out effect
