A. Establishing worker training Programs
B. Establishing right-to-work laws
C. Reducing unemployment benefits
D. Establishing employment agencies
E. Raising the minimum wage
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 - 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 - 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. - A way of helping depressed regions by having lower wages lower local taxes and lower unemployment benefit has been suggested as ?
A. market-orientated economists
B. left-wing theorists
C. Keynesian.
D. new-Keynesian - A way of helping depressed regions by having lower wages, lower local taxes and lower unemployment benefit has been suggested as ?
A. market orientated economists
B. left-wing theorists
C. Keynesian
D. New-Keynesian - Policies to reduce unemployment by reducing union power, tax cuts, reductions in unemployment benefit and investment subsidies are examples of ?
A. Keynesian policies
B. Supply-side policies
C. Monetarist Policies
D. Classical policies - Markets fail to produce an efficient allocation of resources, but government also fail because ?
A. elected officials will act selflessly for the good of society and ignore their own self interest
B. the managers of government agencies are trying to maximize the profit of their agency and they ignore the implications that this has on other departments
C. the optimal level of public goods may be too expensive for the society to produce
D. the measurement of social damages and benefits is difficult and imprecise - The demand for ice-cream is lower outside of summer causing lower demand for ice-cream salesman if they cannot find other work, this is called _______ unemployment?
A. Regional
B. structural
C. seasonal
D. demand-deficient - In the short run unemployment may fall below the natural rate of unemployment if ?
A. Nominal wages have risen less than inflation
B. Nominal wages have risen at the same rate as inflation
C. Nominal wages have risen more than inflation
D. Nominal wages have risen less than unemployment - For the United States suppose the annual interest rate on government securities equals 8 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 4 percent, For Switzerland the annual interest rate on government securities equal 10 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 7 percent the above variables would cause investment funds to flow from ?
A. the United States to Switzerland causing the dollar to depreciate
B. the United States to Switzerland causing the dollar to appreciate
C. Switzerland to the United States causing the franc to depreciate
D. Switzerland to the United States causing the franc to appreciate
