Social Security is financed, in part, by

Everything else held constant, which of the following does NOT cause aggregate demand to increase?

A) an increase in net exports B) an increase in government spending C) an increase in taxes D) an increase in consumer optimism

The price the United States and the United Kingdom pay for having rather liquid securities markets is

A) fluctuations in securities prices. B) unresolved stockholder-lender and manager-stockholder conflicts. C) allowing banks to hold substantial ownership shares in large firms. D) shutting large firms out of those securities markets.