Question 1

Is the following a positive or normative statement? The unemployment rate in Nevada is higher than the unemployment rate in New York.

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Question 2

Figure 2-22 
-Refer to Figure 2-22. What are the coordinates of point C?

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Question 3

Figure 2-22 
-Refer to Figure 2-22. Is a move from point A to point B considered a shift of the curve or a movement along the curve?

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Question 4

Economists at which administrative department analyze data on workers and those looking for work to help formulate labor-market policies?

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Question 5

Figure 2-22 
-Refer to Figure 2-22. Given that price is measured on the vertical axis, quantity is measured on the horizontal axis, and that the curves are downward-sloping, what type of curves are depicted here?

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Question 6

Economists at which administrative department help enforce the nation's antitrust laws?

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Question 7

Figure 2-22 
-Refer to Figure 2-22. Is a move from point A to point R considered a shift of the curve or a movement along the curve?

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Question 8

Figure 2-22 
-Refer to Figure 2-22. What is the x-coordinate of point R?

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Question 9

When economists disagree about whether a policy is fair, they are expressing a difference in

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Question 10

Since 1946, the president of the United States has received guidance from a group comprised of three members and a staff of a few dozen economists known as the

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Question 11

Figure 2-22 
-Refer to Figure 2-22. What is the slope of the line with points A, B, and C?

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-Refer to Figure 2-22. What...

Question 12

Most economists agree that a large federal budget deficit has what type of effect on the economy?

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Question 13

Figure 2-22 
-Refer to Figure 2-22. How are price and quantity related in this graph?

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-Refer to Figure 2-22. How...

Question 14

The institution that sets the nation's monetary policy is called the

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Question 15

Economists at which administrative department help formulate spending plans and regulatory policies?

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Question 16

When economists disagree about whether the government should tax a household's income or its consumption, they are expressing a difference in

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Question 17

Economists at which administrative department help design tax policy?

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Quiz 2: Thinking Like an Economist

Is the following a positive or normative statement? The unemployment rate in Nevada is higher than the unemployment rate in New York.

Figure 2-22 -Refer to Figure 2-22. What are the coordinates of point C?

Figure 2-22 -Refer to Figure 2-22. Is a move from point A to point B considered a shift of the curve or a movement along the curve?

Economists at which administrative department analyze data on workers and those looking for work to help formulate labor-market policies?

Figure 2-22 -Refer to Figure 2-22. Given that price is measured on the vertical axis, quantity is measured on the horizontal axis, and that the curves are downward-sloping, what type of curves are depicted here?

Economists at which administrative department help enforce the nation's antitrust laws?

Figure 2-22 -Refer to Figure 2-22. Is a move from point A to point R considered a shift of the curve or a movement along the curve?

Figure 2-22 -Refer to Figure 2-22. What is the x-coordinate of point R?

When economists disagree about whether a policy is fair, they are expressing a difference in

Since 1946, the president of the United States has received guidance from a group comprised of three members and a staff of a few dozen economists known as the

Figure 2-22 -Refer to Figure 2-22. What is the slope of the line with points A, B, and C?

Most economists agree that a large federal budget deficit has what type of effect on the economy?

Figure 2-22 -Refer to Figure 2-22. How are price and quantity related in this graph?

The institution that sets the nation's monetary policy is called the

Economists at which administrative department help formulate spending plans and regulatory policies?

When economists disagree about whether the government should tax a household's income or its consumption, they are expressing a difference in

Economists at which administrative department help design tax policy?