A decline in which of the following types of spending was not generally considered a part of the beginning and continuation of the Great Recession?
A) residential investment spending
B) federal government spending
C) consumer durables spending
D) business investment spending
B
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Suppose the working-age population is 500 million, the labor force is 200 million, and the unemployment rate is 15 percent. The number of unemployed people is
A) 30 million. B) 75 million. C) 45 million. D) 105 million. E) 15 million.
A firm using a two-part tariff faces a tradeoff because
A) any increase in consumer surplus must be offset by a decrease in producer surplus. B) the only way to increase the fixed-fee portion of the price is to lower the per-unit portion of the price. C) the only way to increase total revenue is to lower per-unit profit. D) the smaller the variation between the parts of the price, the greater the deadweight loss generated by the pricing scheme.