While much of New Classical macroeconomics is being refuted by the evidence, at least one part of it may be a permanent legacy to all macroeconomists: the assumption of
A) continuous clearing of all markets.
B) rational expectations.
C) the unimportance of nominal variables.
D) supply shocks as the main cause of business cycles.
B
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Suppose technical change permits cable television companies to provide their services at lower rates. The share-the-gains, share-the-pains theory would predict that the regulators would
A) permit the firms to keep the savings and would lower prices only if the firms were pressured to do so. B) force the firms to pass all the savings on to consumers in the form of lower prices. C) force the firms to pass the savings on to consumers in the form of better service. D) force the firms to pass some of the savings on to consumers and to permit the firms to keep some of the savings themselves.
Air pollution is more dangerous to the public, but toxic waste generates more public uproar. Why?
a. Those exposed to the health hazard posed by the toxic waste site are usually less sure that exposure has occurred. b. Those exposed to the health hazard posed by the toxic waste site are usually more sure that exposure has occurred. c. Fewer people cause air pollution than toxic waste. d. Fewer people are affected by air pollution than by toxic waste. e. Toxic waste causes more illness and death than air pollution does.