If a government tax has as its purpose the raising of revenue, it would be best to place the tax on a product which:

a. is a non-essential.
b. has a highly elastic demand.
c. has many good substitutes.
d. has a highly inelastic demand.
e. has a unit elastic demand curve.

d

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When the economy is at its equilibrium GDP level, all of the following will occur, except:

A.  Aggregate expenditures = GDP B.  Inventories will be zero C.  Saving equals planned investment D.  There are no unplanned changes in inventories

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