Explain whether you agree or disagree with the following statement: "The reason that inflation is bad is because it increases the cost of living—the costs of goods and services we buy—without increasing income in general."
What will be an ideal response?
Disagree. Inflation, in general, must increase both our cost of living and nominal income. The increases in the prices of goods and services will be paid to the factors of production. Since the payments to the factors of production make up national income, nominal income will increase, in general, along with the cost of living.
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A) perfect competition as firms compete by reducing cost. B) oligopoly as firms act together to raise prices and increase profits. C) monopolistic competition where firms collude to increase profits. D) oligopoly as firms compete to lower price and increase their own profits. E) monopoly because it faces no competition.
Professor Cowen's objection to fiscal policy spending by government is:
A. the government may rush to start stimulus spending and not spend money in the most effective way possible. B. the government may put too much thought into the spending projects and confuse stimulus spending with industrial policy. C. households and businesses might realize that the boost in spending is from the government and simply save the income they receive. D. the government may not have enough money available to do an appropriate amount of spending.