For economic imperialists, economics is more of a method of analysis than a specific field of study

For the federal deficit to be lowered,

A) the federal government must decrease its spending and increase net exports. B) the federal government's expenditures must be lower than its tax revenue. C) the Federal Reserve must reduce the money supply. D) the Federal Reserve must raise interest rates and lower the required reserve ratio.

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Explicit costs are accounting costs, not economic costs; implicit costs are economic costs, not accounting costs. B) Economic costs include both explicit costs and implicit costs. C) An explicit cost is an actual cost; an implicit cost is a theoretical cost. D) An explicit cost is more important, dollar for dollar, than an implicit cost.