The concept of the time value of money is important to financial decision making because:
(i) it emphasizes earning a return on invested capital.
(ii) it recognizes that earning a return makes $1 worth more today than $1 received in the future.
(iii) it can be applied to future cash flows in order to compare different streams of income.
(iv) All of these options.
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The opportunity cost of one more slice of pizza in terms of sodas is the
the total number of pizza slices that we have divided by the total number of sodas that we have. |
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the number of sodas we have to give up to get one extra pizza slice. |
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the number of pizza slices we have to give up to get one extra soda. |
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the total number of sodas that we have divided by the total number of pizza slices that we have. |
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QUESTION 2
A production possibilities frontier shows
how money can be allocated among two kinds of goods. |
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the limits to the future growth of a nation. |
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the various combinations of output a nation can produce at a certain time, given its available resources and technology. |
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that if the price of one good decreases, the price of the other has to increase. |
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QUESTION 3
When a production possibilities frontier is bowed outward, as more of one good is produced, its opportunity cost
remains constant. |
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might increase, decrease, or remain constant depending on how much people value the additional units of the good. |
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increases. |
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decreases. |
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QUESTION 4
When all of the available factors of production are being efficiently employed, the
the economy is producing at a point within its PPF. |
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PPF disappears. |
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the economy is producing at a point beyond its PPF. |
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the economy is producing at a point on its PPF. |
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QUESTION 5
If a nation devotes a larger share of its current production to consumer goods, then
its PPF will shift inward. |
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its economic growth will slow down. |
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its PPF will shift outward. |
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some productive factors will become unemployed. |
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QUESTION 6
A point on the production possibilities frontier reflects an
the attainable point with full employment of all resources. |
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attainable point without full employment of all resources. |
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unattainable point without full employment of all resources. |
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the unattainable point with full employment of all resources. |
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QUESTION 7
When drawing a production possibilities frontier, which of the following is held constant?
the available factors of production and the state of technology |
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the amount of money in the economy |
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the prices of goods and services |
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the quantity of the goods and services that are produced |
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QUESTION 8
As we move along the production possibilities frontier,
more of both goods can be produced. |
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the possibilities of tradeoffs diminish. |
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a tradeoff is not possible because nations need all goods. |
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the production of one good increases as the production of the other good decreases. |
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QUESTION 9
Which of the following is an assumption used when drawing a production possibilities frontier?
i.Human wants and desires are limited to what is available.
ii. Only two goods are considered.
iii. The level of technology is fixed and unchanging.
I and iii |
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ii only |
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I, ii, and iii |
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I only |
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QUESTION 10
To achieve gains from trade, a country
needs to have an absolute advantage in the production of all goods. |
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specializes in producing a good in which it has a lower opportunity cost. |
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must produce at a point beyond its PPF. |
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should produce at the midpoint of its PPF. |
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QUESTION 11
Relative to Al, Joe has ________ if Joe can produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than Al.
a comparative advantage |
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more production efficiency |
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a marginal benefit |
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a comparative benefit |
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QUESTION 12
Does economic growth depend upon which of the following?
i.Improving the quality of labor
ii. Technological advancement
iii. Increasing the amount of capital
iii only |
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ii only |
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I only |
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I, ii, and iii |
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QUESTION 13
In one hour John can produce 20 loaves of bread or 18 cakes. In one hour Phyllis can produce 30 loaves of bread or 15 cakes. Which of the following statements is true?
John has a comparative advantage in producing cakes. |
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Phyllis has an absolute advantage in both goods. |
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Phyllis has a comparative advantage in producing cakes. |
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John has an absolute advantage in both goods. |
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QUESTION 14
As an economy produces more of one of the goods on a bowed out production possibilities frontier, what happens to the opportunity cost of producing the good?
It decreases. |
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It might increase, decrease, or remain constant depending on how much people value the additional units of the good. |
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It remains constant. |
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It increases. |
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QUESTION 15
The production possibilities frontier illustrates the
goods and services that people want. |
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maximum combinations of goods and services that can be produced. |
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resources the economy possesses, but not it is the level of technology. |
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limits to people's wants. |
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QUESTION 16
The United States produced approximately ________ worth of goods and services in 2007.
$14 billion |
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$14 trillion |
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$140 billion |
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$140 trillion |
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QUESTION 17
The fact of increasing opportunity cost when moving on the PPF means that
to increase the production of one product requires smaller and smaller sacrifices of the other good. |
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to decrease the production of one product requires smaller and smaller sacrifices of the other good. |
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to increase the production of one product requires larger and larger sacrifices of the other good. |
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when the government forces a movement from one point on the PPF to another point, no production is lost. |
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QUESTION 18
Other things equal, if India devotes more resources to educate its population than China,
China will grow faster than India. |
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India will be able to eliminate scarcity faster than China. |
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India will be able to eliminate opportunity cost faster than China. |
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India will grow faster than China. |
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QUESTION 19
For Ireland to grow more potatoes, wool production must decrease. This situation is an example of
zero opportunity cost. |
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producing at a point that lies beyond the PPF. |
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opportunity benefit. |
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a tradeoff. |
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QUESTION 20
Moving from one point to another on a production possibilities frontier implies
increasing the production of both goods. |
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increasing the production of one good and decreasing the production of another. |
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holding the production levels of both goods constant. |
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decreasing the production of both goods. |
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QUESTION 21
The United States is one of the richest nations in the world,
but it can still benefit from specialization and trade. |
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so does not need to trade with poor nations to achieve any gains from trade. |
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so might not have a comparative advantage in producing any goods. |
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so it must have a comparative advantage in the production of all goods. |
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QUESTION 22
"Comparative advantage" is defined as a situation in which one person can produce
more of all goods than another person. |
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a good for a lower opportunity cost than another person. |
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a good for a lower dollar cost than another person. |
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more of a good than another person. |
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QUESTION 23
The idea of increasing opportunity cost is reflected in the
the linear shape of the production possibilities frontier. |
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bowed in the shape of the production possibilities frontier. |
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bowed out the shape of the production possibilities frontier. |
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the positive slope of the production possibilities frontier. |
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QUESTION 24
Suppose that after specializing according to comparative advantage, a country is trading with another nation that also specializes according to its comparative advantage. Which of the following statements are true for the first country?
i)It enjoys gains from trade.
ii)It must have an absolute advantage in the production of the good it produces.
iii)It is producing at a point beyond its PPF.
I only. |
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I and ii. |
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I and iii. |
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ii and iii. |
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QUESTION 25
If society moves from a period of time with significant unemployment to a time with full employment, its production possibilities frontier will
shift rightward. |
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not shift because the society moves from one point on the frontier to a point inside the frontier. |
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not shift because the society moves from a point inside the frontier to a point on the frontier. |
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shift leftward. |
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Suppose that, instead of taking this test, you could either have worked and earned income or partied and had a pleasurable time. Your opportunity cost of taking the test is the
a. | forgone working or partying, depending on which was your next best choice. | |
b. | forgone work. | |
c. | forgone working and partying. | |
d. | test because you are taking it. |
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QUESTION 2
A trend is
a. | a measure of closeness on a scatter diagram. | |
b. | a general tendency for a variable to rise or fall. | |
c. | the maximum value of a variable. | |
d. | the difference between the maximum value of a variable and the minimum value of the variable. |
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QUESTION 3
A time-series graph measures
a. | time on the y-axis and the variable or variables in which we are interested on the x-axis. | |
b. | time on the x-axis and the variable or variables in which we are interested on the y-axis. | |
c. | the value of one variable against the value of another variable. | |
d. | the value of an economic variable for different groups in a population at a point in time. |
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QUESTION 4
Canada has nationalized health care, so that everyone, regardless of their ability to pay, has some access to health care. Based on this observation, Canada has decided that "everyone, regardless of their ability to pay" is the answer to what microeconomic question?
a. | Why will we offer health care? | |
b. | How will health care be produced? | |
c. | For whom will health care be produced? | |
d. | What type of health care will be produced and in what quantity? |
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QUESTION 5
As a shoe factory adds more workers, shoe production grows, reaches a maximum, and then shrinks. In a diagram that has the number of workers on the horizontal axis and the number of shoes on the vertical axis, the relationship between the number of workers and the number of shoes starts as ________ and then, after the maximum point, is ________.
a. | positive; negative | |
b. | negative; positive | |
c. | linear; negative | |
d. | positive; linear |
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QUESTION 6
Microeconomics includes the study of the
a. | choices made by individuals and businesses. | |
b. | recessions and inflation in the global economy. | |
c. | aggregate effects on the national economy. | |
d. | reasons why the government changes interest rates. |
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QUESTION 7
When Fresh Express Salads decides to mechanically pick all of its lettuce, it directly answers the ________ question.
a. | when | |
b. | for whom | |
c. | how | |
d. | what |
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QUESTION 8
Proponents of cuts in income tax rates argue that when income tax rates are cut, workers have an incentive to increase their work hours. This argument is based on the assumption that
a. | the opportunity cost of working is negative. | |
b. | the marginal cost of each additional work hour is not important to most workers. | |
c. | workers are irrational. | |
d. | workers make decisions based on the marginal benefit of each hour worked compared to the marginal cost of work. |
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QUESTION 9
A choice made by comparing all relevant alternatives systematically and incrementally is
a. | an opportunity cost. | |
b. | a benefit. | |
c. | a sunk cost. | |
d. | a choice on the margin. |
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QUESTION 10
A normative statement
i. can be tested as to whether it is true or false.
ii. is considered negative.
iii. depends on a person's values.
a. | i, ii, and iii | |
b. | iii only | |
c. | i and iii | |
d. | ii and iii |
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QUESTION 11
Normative statements
i. describe how the world is.
ii. describe how the world ought to be.
iii. depend on people's values and cannot be tested.
a. | iii only. | |
b. | i only. | |
c. | ii and iii. | |
d. | ii only. |
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QUESTION 12
In order to determine whether to major in economics, a rational individual compares the ________ of the decision.
a. | positive benefits and normative costs | |
b. | normative benefits and positive costs | |
c. | marginal benefit and marginal cost | |
d. | opportunity cost and the sunk cost |
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QUESTION 13
If x increases whenever y decreases, then x and y are
a. | positively related. | |
b. | negatively related. | |
c. | not related. | |
d. | related but whether positively or negatively related depends on whether the x variable or the y variable is plotted on the vertical axis. |
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QUESTION 14
Rational choice
a. | is what you must give up get what you want. | |
b. | is made by comparing different incentives. | |
c. | making the choice. | |
d. | provides the answer to only the "how" question. |
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QUESTION 15
Scarcity results from the fact that
a. | choices made in self-interest rare not always in the social interest. | |
b. | not all goals are desirable. | |
c. | people's wants exceed the resources available to satisfy them | |
d. | we cannot answer the major economic questions. |
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QUESTION 16
When Delta decides to quit flying to Lithuania, it directly answers the ________ question.
a. | what | |
b. | why | |
c. | for whom | |
d. | how |
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QUESTION 17
A normative statement
a. | says what is currently believed about the way the world operates. | |
b. | depends on someone's values. | |
c. | cannot use the word "should." | |
d. | must be tested to determine if it is correct. |
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QUESTION 18
Which of the following statements best describes the study of economics? Economics studies how
a. | to organize production so that scarcity does not occur. | |
b. | to create incentives so that scarcity does not exist. | |
c. | firms make profits. | |
d. | we make choices in the face of scarcity. |
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QUESTION 19
Which of the following best defines economics?
a. | Economics teaches how to limit our wants. | |
b. | Economics is concerned with prices and quantities of goods and services, both at the individual level and at the industry level. | |
c. | Economics helps you earn as much money as possible. | |
d. | Economics studies how to choose the best alternative when coping with scarcity. |
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QUESTION 20
In economics, cost is ________, and benefit is ________.
a. | the amount of money that you pay for something; the amount of money that someone else is willing to pay you | |
b. | what you are willing to pay on the margin; what the government pays you when you are unemployed or retired | |
c. | what you must give up to get something; what you are willing to give up to get it | |
d. | the amount of money that you pay on the margin; the amount of money that you receive on the margin |
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QUESTION 21
If Jessie studies economics for two hours instead of going to the movies with her friends, then
a. | the opportunity cost of studying is the missed movie. | |
b. | Jessie is ignoring a sunk cost | |
c. | Jessie is not responding to any incentives. | |
d. | Jesse definitely is making a rational choice. |
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QUESTION 22
Going skiing will cost Adam $80 a day. He also loses $40 per day in wages because he has to take time off from work. Adam still decides to go skiing.
a. | The $80 price of skiing is a sunk cost and so did not affect Adam's decision. | |
b. | He loses a total of $120 per day, so his decision is irrational. | |
c. | His decision is rational if Adam's marginal benefit of spending a day skiing is greater than his marginal cost. | |
d. | Adam's lost $40 per day in wages is a sunk cost and so did not affect his decision. |
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QUESTION 23
If a curve falls and then rises, it
a. | has a maximum. | |
b. | has a linear relationship. | |
c. | has a minimum. | |
d. | has a constant slope relationship. |
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QUESTION 24
In 2003, Michael Jordan decided to retire from professional basketball. Which of the following was an opportunity cost of his decision?
a. | the avoidance of pain and injury from playing one more year | |
b. | the time he could spend with his family while retired | |
c. | the lost salary from playing one more year | |
d. | the value of new employment opportunities that would await him |
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QUESTION 25
Which of the following statements is a normative statement?
a. | Military spending as a percent of government spending decreased by 5 percent in the 1990s. | |
b. | Every American household should have health care insurance coverage. | |
c. | Welfare reform has decreased the amount the government spends on welfare. | |
d. | The price of computers fell last year. |