A. new-Keynesian.
B. post-Keynesian.
C. classical economists.
D. Keynesian.
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 - Suppose two economists are arguing about policies that deal with unemployment One economist says the government should fight unemployment because it is the greatest social evil The other economist response Nonsense Inflation is the greatest social evil These economists ?
A. really don’t disagree at all It just appears that they disagree.
B. disagree because they have different values.
C. none of these answers.
D. disagree because they have different scientific judgments. - Which one of the following types of Unemployment results from the wage being held above the competitive equilibrium wage ?
A. Structural unemployment
B. Cyclical Unemployment
C. Frictional Unemployment
D. None of these answers
E. Sectoral Unemployment - Unemployment benefits may increase the unemployment rate because unemployment benefits ?
A. encourage people to quit their jobs
B. reduce the cost of job search
C. enable people to quit searching for work
D. reduce the benefits of additional job searching - A high degree of real wage flexibility will tend to reduce the cost to a country of joining a currency union because ?
A. All of the reasons given in these answers are correct
B. real wages fall rapidly in a recession and the economy moves quickly back to long run equilibrium so limiting the duration of the recession even when exchange rate adjustment is not possible
C. workers will move from a country in which aggregate demand falls to other countries of the currency union, and so unemployment remains lower than it otherwise would
D. real wages fall and so offset the inflationary effect of switching from the old currency to the new common currency - A group of economists argue that the real problem with the economy is high rates of taxation and heavy regulation that reduce the incentives to work, save and invest. These economists are?
A. Supply-side economics
B. neo-Keynesian economists
C. rational-expectations economists.
D. new classical economists. - A group of economists argue that the real problem with the economy is high rates of taxation and heavy regulation that reduce the incentives to work save and invest these economists are ?
A. supply side economists
B. neo-Keynesian economists
C. rational -expectations economists
D. New classical economists - If a government were to fix a minimum wage for adult workers, economists would predict ?
A. wages in general would fall as employers tried to hold down costs
B. fewer young workers would be employed
C. the costs and prices of firms employing cheap labour would increase
D. there would be more unemployment - Suppose the price level falls but because of fixed nominal wage contracts the real wage rises and firms cut back on production This is a demonstration of the ?
A. sticky-wage theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve
B. classical dichotomy theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve
C. misperceptions theory of the short-run aggregate supply curve
D. sticky-price theory of the short run aggregate supply curve - If the minimum wage is set above the equilibrium wage rate, then another thing unchanged ?
A. There will be equilibrium in the labour market
B. There will excess demand in the labour market
C. There will be excess supply in the labour market
D. More people will be employed
