If a society only cares about efficiency and not equity, then
A) all points on the contract curve yield the same level of social welfare.
B) it will not rely on competitive markets to allocate goods.
C) it will maximize the utility of its worst-off member.
D) an equitable outcome is impossible.
A
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Classical macroeconomic theory was discredited and gave way to the first Keynesian approach as a result of
A) the collapse of the gold standard at the outset of World War I. B) the Great Depression of the 1930s. C) the wage-price controls of World War II. D) the rapid inflation of the late 1960s. E) the switch from fixed to flexible exchange rates in the early 1970s.
Which of the following will help reduce the natural rate of unemployment?
a. an increase in the minimum wage b. a decrease in cyclical unemployment c. an increase in the number of automatic stabilizers d. an increase in government spending on employment training programs e. a decrease in taxes