Of all industrialized nations, real GDP per capita was the highest in Japan in 2014

Suppose that a labor union leader is trying to bargain for an increase in union workers' real wages of 5 percent. If he expected the price level to rise at a rate of 3 percent this year, how much would nominal wages need to increase for him to accomplish his objective?

a. 2 percent b. 3 percent c. 5 percent d. 8 percent e. 15 percent

A merit goods is

a. a public good provided by government that people deem necessary and important b. a good that the market does not produce in quantities and at prices that governmentbelieves is warranted c. the highest quality of a public good that government produces d. a public good produced in the most efficient way e. a civilian public good as opposed to a national security good produced bygovernment