The price for labor is the wage rate. What happens to the supply of labor if wages increase?
a. It increases.
b. It decreases.
c. It does not change.
d. Uncertain-economic theory has no answer to this question.
c
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Employees at the university have negotiated a 5 percent increase in wages for the next year, based on their inflation expectations. If inflation is actually 6 percent over the next year, which of the following will occur?
A) Inflation will be 5 percent the following year. B) Real wages for university employees will fall. C) The increase in inflation is expected. D) Unemployment of university employees will rise.
The root cause of the hyperinflation that plagued Zimbabwe in the 2000s is ________
A) printing of too much money by the central bank B) government expenditures greatly above revenues C) outlawing of price increases on many commodities D) allowing the use of foreign currencies E) the issuance of a $100 billion bank note