What does the slope of the budget line equal?
What will be an ideal response?
The slope of the budget line equals an opportunity cost. It is the same as the opportunity cost of the good measured along the x-axis. It also equals a relative price. In particular, it is the same as the relative price of the good measured along the x-axis.
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The progressive income tax is a money transfer system—from the taxpayer to government—and it is in the nature of this system that during recessions, less is taken from people than is taken in periods of prosperity. It is in this sense that the progressive income tax system is regarded by economists as
a. an unfair intervention in people's lives b. a countercyclical discretionary force c. a system that is unrelated to government spending d. an automatic stabilizer e. volatile and capricious
An increase in the relative price of a good cannot be caused by
A) an increase in the nominal price of the good that is greater than the increase in the nominal price of the other good. B) a decrease in the nominal price of the good that is less than the decrease in the nominal price of the other good. C) a decrease in the nominal price of the other good while the price of the good itself remains constant. D) an increase in the nominal price of the other good while the price of the good itself remains constant.