What does the slope of the production possibilities curve represent? Explain
What will be an ideal response?
It represents the trade-off between two goods from two points on the PPC. Specifically, as we move from one point to another, in order to produce more of one good, we must trade-off or give up the other good. If the trade-off is constant, then the slope is constant along the PPC and the PPC is a straight line. If the trade-off increases, then the slope is increasing along the PPC and the PPC is bowed outward.
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An increase in the supply of money will:
a. reduce the rate of interest and, thereby, trigger an increase in current spending by households and businesses. b. reduce aggregate demand and real output. c. increase only the general level of prices. d. lead to a higher rate of unemployment.
An advantage of automatic stabilizers is that this type of fiscal policy is not subject to:
a. imprecise knowledge of full-employment real GDP. b. special interest groups. c. lag time problems. d. All of these are true.