Recurrent flooding in Bangladesh is causing the land area of the country to shrink. In what ways might environmental mismanagement play a role in explaining this phenomenon?

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

A tax is progressive if the ratio of taxes to income rises as income rises

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false