Market equilibrium is the intersection of the demand curve and the social cost curve

A. monetary policy is ineffective. B. the government is unable to find willing lenders so it can continue borrowing. C. it can only be solved with a fiscal stimulus of lower taxes and more government spending. D. other countries will be unwilling

to buy goods and services from the nation. A. differs from the marketplace in that voters and congressional representatives often face limited and bundled choices. B. is less prone to failure than is the marketplace. C. is a much fairer way to allocate society's scarce resources than is the impersonal marketplace, which is dominated by high-income consumers. D. involves logrolling, which is always inefficient.

A tariff is a

A) legal limit on sales of a foreign product in the domestic market. B) regulation of the quality of a foreign product sold in the domestic market. C) tax on sales of a foreign product in the domestic market. D) voluntary limit on sales of a foreign product in the domestic market.