In any one year, the Social Security taxes collected by the government must necessarily equal the Social Security payments that the government makes

Positive economics statements are testable

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

A major earthquake occurs in the central part of the United States. What impact would this have on the nation's production possibilities frontier and why?

A) It would shift outward because unemployment would be reduced. B) Nothing would happen because the nation would still have the same capabilities. C) A tradeoff would occur to replace the resources and goods destroyed. D) It would shift inward because some of the nation's resources, such as capital and labor, would be destroyed. E) It would not shift because people would get to work to replace any capital that was destroyed.