Living wage laws have been instituted at the state level and affect a large number of jobs

Your authors state that the rise in the U.S. poverty rate from 2000 to 2010 was primarily caused by

A) the rise of huge corporations and "big box stores" in the consumer goods sector. B) the growing number of students straddled with student loan debt. C) the Great Recession that began in 2008. D) none of the above reasons.

When real GDP is below natural real GDP, the unemployment rate is

A) rising. B) above the average unemployment rate. C) falling. D) below the average unemployment rate.