A. utilitarianism, liberalism, libertarianism
B. All three political philosophies argue for similar degree of income redistribution
C. liberalism, libertarianism, utilitarianism
D. libertarianism liberalism, utilarianism
E. libertariansim, utilitarianism, libertarianism
Income Inequality
Rawls’s suggestion that policy should be directed at maximizing the welfare of the least well off person in society is derived from ?
A. the idea that people should consider policy as if behind a veil of ignorance as to what their circumstances might be in society, and the idea that as long as there is no theft then there is no need for governments to intervene and redistribute income.
B. the idea that people should consider policy as if behind a veil of ignorance as to what their circumstances might be in society, and the idea that people will then be particularly concerned about the possibility that they might find themselves at the bottom of the income distribution
C. the idea that people a veil of ignorance as policy as if behind a veil of ignorance as to what their circumstances might be in society, and the ignorant people should be looked after
D. the idea that everyone in society should have an equal income
An increase in the minimum wage will cause a relatively large increase in unemployment among ?
A. unskilled workers if the demand for labour is relatively inelastic
B. unskilled workers if the demand for labour is relatively elastic
C. skilled workers if the demand for labour is relatively elastic
D. skilled workers if the demand for labour is relatively inelastic
The greatest advantage of a negative income tax is that it ?
A. generates a smaller disincentive to work than most alternative anti-poverty policies.
B. reduces the cost to the government of fighting poverty
C. would not provide benefits to lazy people
D. ensures that the poor actually receive what the government thinks they need does all these answers.
Constrained choice is relevant for households ?
A. making spending decision but not labour-supply decision.
B. making both spending and labour-supply decisions
C. considered to be ‘poor’ but not for those who are considered to be ‘rich’
D. making labour-supply decisions but not spending decisions.
Assuming leisure is a normal good, if the income effect is greater than the substitution effect a wage increase ?
A. will have no effect on labour supply
B. will decreases labour supply
C. could cause either an increases or a decrease in labour supply
D. will increase labour supply.
Assuming that leisure is a normal good. if an individual’s labour supply curve is backward bending then the ?
A. income effect is zero
B. substitution effect outweighs the income effect
C. income effect outweighs the substitution effect
D. income effect and the substitution effects are equal
As the wage rate per hour increases, the opportunity cost of leisure ?
A. remains constant
B. increases since the cost of forgoing one hour of work increases
C. decreases since the customer now has more income to spend
D. may increase of decrease depending on the individual’s preferences.
New technology in the form of computer spreadsheets has increased the productivity of accountants. This will cause ?
A. the demand curve for accountants to shift to the right, since the productivity of accountants has increased
B. firms to move up their demand curves for accountants
C. the demand curve for accountants to shift to the left, since it requires fewer accountants than it did before to do the same amount of work.
D. firms to move down their demand curves for accountants
The marginal revenue product of labour is ?
A. the marginal product of capital times the price of labour.
B. the additional revenue a firm earns by employing on additional unit of labour
C. the additional profit a firms earns by employing one additional unit of labour
D. the additional revenue the firm makes by selling one unit of labour.