Consider the following statement: "If the government attempts to raise employment through increased fiscal spending, all it will end up doing is increasing the price level." The statement rests on the assumption that:

a. the aggregate demand curve is a horizontal line.
b. the aggregate supply curve is a vertical line.
c. the aggregate supply curve is upward-sloping.
d. the aggregate supply curve is downward-sloping.
e. the aggregate supply curve is a horizontal line.

b

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The hypothesis that regulators eventually are controlled by the regulated firms and their special interests is the

A) share-the-gains, share-the-pains hypothesis. B) capture hypothesis. C) public interest theory. D) control-group hypothesis.

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