Which of the following statements is most accurate about immigration in the 20th century?
a. The largest numbers of immigrants were during the "boom decades" like the 1920s, 1960s, and 1990s.
b. The number of immigrants decreased from 1900 until the Great Depression, increased consistently between 1940 and 2000, and is now about the same as it was in 1900.
c. Immigration was greatest during World War I and World War II as many people from around the world fled to the United States for safety.
d. Immigration has decreased dramatically in the last 30 years as the federal government instituted more restrictions and cracked down on illegal immigration.
b. The number of immigrants decreased from 1900 until the Great Depression, increased consistently between 1940 and 2000, and is now about the same as it was in 1900.
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A monopolistic producer supplying raw materials to two industries one with a lower price elasticity of demand and the other with a high price elasticity of demand, practices _____ to prevent its low price elastic consumers (who have more elastic demands) from reselling its products to high price consumers (who have less elastic demands)
a. vertical integration b. price discrimination c. double marginalization d. price control
The IMF mostly receives its funds from:
a. the subscription fees paid by the member nations. b. selling of bonds. c. the loans given by the World Bank. d. the central banks of the major industrialized nations. e. the gold reserves available with the Fed.