A department store chain in Japan uses yen to purchase 500,000 U.S. dollars from a U.S. bank. It then uses these dollars to buy DVDs from a U.S. filmmaker. As a result of these transactions: A. By how much and in what direction did U.S. net exports change? B. By how much and in which direction did U.S. net capital outflow change?

Which of the following reforms could potentially reduce spending on health care without reducing the effectiveness of health care received?

A) reimburse consumers for preventive health care expenditures so as to avoid costly emergency medical treatments in the future B) give every citizen a fixed amount of money that can only be spent on health care services C) standardize the tax treatment of employer-based health insurance benefits and private spending on health care D) nationalize health care so that all health services are government funded and operated

The large influx of immigrant families between 1860 and 1910 caused the total population to grow at a faster rate than the work force

Indicate whether the statement is true or false