In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act which established a __________workweek

Currently, the strategy of the Social Security system is to run surpluses to prepare for the retirement of the baby boom generation. The effectiveness of this strategy is being undermined because

a. rising interest rates make it more expensive for Social Security to borrow. b. inflation is reducing the value of the Social Security surplus. c. the trust fund is being used to finance current government expenditures, and the bonds held by the trust fund are an obligation of the U.S. Treasury. d. the federal budget surplus reduces the Social Security surplus.

Given the demand curve in Figure 5-24, explain how consumer’s surplus is calculated.

What will be an ideal response?