Suppose a poverty program provides a basic benefit of $6,000, zero deductions, and a marginal tax rate of 0.6. The breakeven level of income is

One reason stagflation is difficult to recover from is because:

A. less output requires less inputs to be hired. B. prices tend to adjust more quickly downward than upward. C. wages are sticky downward. D. input prices increase with output prices.

The main function of the Federal Open Market Committee is

a. to control the printing of currency. b. to determine the path of tax rates. c. to use open market operations to control the nation's money supply. d. to create and issue bonds on behalf of the Treasury. e. to oversee economic activity in the various Federal Reserve districts.