A. People want less crime
B. People want to be happier
C. People want a better environment
D. People want higher incomes and more consumer goods.
Long Term Economic Growth
Identify below what is NOT considered to be a cause of economic growth ?
A. An increase in the quantity of labor and capital
B. An increase in labor productivity
C. An increase in the money supply
D. An increase in technology
The golden-rule saving rate is the rate of saving that ?
A. gets the highest rate of interest
B. maximizes the level of long-run investment
C. maximizes the level of long-run consumption
D. maximizes human capital
The percentage of the working age population that is part of the workforce is known as the ?
A. workers
B. non-slackers
C. diligent rate
D. participation rate
Policies to encourage productivity do not include ?
A. building more retail outlets
B. encouraging risk-taking
C. encouraging innovation
D. encouraging R & D
Identify below what does NOT affect productivity ?
A. Public investment in education
B. Innovation and the application of new technology
C. The phase of the lunar cycle
D. Private investment in new physical caital
Supply side policies are considered effective in ?
A. Increasing government expenditure
B. reducing taxation
C. increasing the money supply
D. encouraging technological progress
Potential output can be increased by …. or by ……?
A. increasing the use of labor increasing the use of land
B. increasing the use of capital increasing the use of labour
C. increasing the use of land increasing the use of capital
D. increasing the use of all inputs, technical advances
In the neoclassical theory of growth a higher saving rate leads to ?
A. a higher growth rates
B. a fluctuating growth rate
C. a fluctuating growth rates
D. no change in the growth rate
Economic growth may depend upon ….. and …..?
A. Population size, x-efficiency
B. Population age distribution, education
C. Population growth technical progress
D. Population growth education