Suppose Mack's wage was $7.00 an hour in 2001 and was $12.00 per hour in 2012. The CPI was 94 in 2001 and 201 in 2012. The 2001 wage in terms of 2012 dollars is

Which of the following would increase net exports in the United States?

A) The United States purchases 500 silver necklaces from Mexico. B) A Mexican citizen purchases 25 shares of stock in Ford Motor Company. C) The U.S. government donates $5 million to Mexico to help victims of drought in Mexico. D) The government of Mexico purchases 500 Ford F-150 pickup trucks from the United States.

The argument that strategic planning is not likely to be practical due to insufficient information means that

A) because of trade secrets, the government does not know true cost relationships in any given industry. B) if the government had all the relevant information in a given industry then it could decide whether a subsidy would enhance the public's welfare. C) even if the government had all the relevant information in a given industry, it still could not decide whether a subsidy would enhance the public's welfare. D) due to recent cuts in the Department of the Census' sampling budgets, industry surveys are no longer reliable, so that there is no way to determine if a subsidy is in the public's interest. E) the government would need to employ its intelligence agencies in order to gain a complete understanding of the market.