Burger King is paying $9 an hour to its workers. If the expected inflation rate equals the actual inflation rate and both are 10 percent a year, then to keep the real wage rate constant in a year the money wage rate must
A) fall to $8.10 an hour.
B) rise to $9.45 an hour.
C) rise to $10.00 an hour.
D) rise to $9.90 an hour.
E) stay at $9.00 an hour.
D
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Classical growth theory predicts that economic growth
A) is merely an illusion. B) will continue at the classical rate of 3 percent forever. C) occurs because of hard-working citizens. D) decreases the supply of labor. E) will eventually stop because of population growth.
The Ricardian equivalence theorem implies that
A) government debt policy must be handled correctly for the economy to prosper. B) the amounts of government spending are neutral. C) an increase in government spending has no effect on the economy, as long as there is an equal change in taxes. D) the timing of taxes collected by the government is neutral.