If the government created a surplus of an agricultural product due to price supports, how might they dispose of this surplus?
A. have the farmer destroy the crop
B. purchase it and store it away
C. give it away to a foreign country
D. Any of these answers might be a successful tool in disposing of agricultural surpluses.
Answer: D
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A) not to be a macroeconomic problem at all. B) a less serious macroeconomic problem than unemployment. C) just as serious a macroeconomic problem as unemployment. D) a more serious macroeconomic problem than unemployment.
Johnny owns a house that would cost $100,000 to replace should it ever be destroyed by fire. There is a 0.1% chance that the house could be destroyed during the course of a year. Johnny's utility function is U = W0.5
How much would fair insurance cost that completely replaces the house if destroyed by fire? Assuming that Johnny has no other wealth, how much would Johnny be willing to pay for such an insurance policy? Why the difference?