When a person receives extra income above their regular income, they have an option to save or spend that additional income. The portion of the extra income that is spent can be represented in a figure called:       The Marginal Propensity to Consume     Savings and Loan Theory     The Marginal Propensity to Save     The Piggy Bank Theory

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36.

When a person receives extra income above their regular income, they have an option to save or spend that additional income. The portion of the extra income that is spent can be represented in a figure called:

 

    The Marginal Propensity to Consume

    Savings and Loan Theory

    The Marginal Propensity to Save

    The Piggy Bank Theory

 

37.

Economics studies how people use scarce resources to make choices. Those choices can be influenced by:

 

    Consumers

    Incentives

    The government

    Taxes

 

38.

What is a problem with nominal GDP when compared to real GDP?

 

    it represents past prices and is therefore unreliable

    it always grossly overstates the output of a nation

    It can represent deceptive outputs of a nation

    it has no problems or disadvantages

 

39.

What is a fiscal cliff?

 

    A simultaneous increase in tax rates and cuts in government spending

    A simultaneous decrease in tax rates and cuts in government spending

    A simultaneous increase in tax rates and decrease in government spending

    A simultaneous increase in interest rates and cuts in government spending

 

40.

According to the foundations of economics, if you open an ice cream store in your neighborhood that is considered an example of:

 

    Not considered when discussing economics

    A use of scarce resources

    A factor of production

 

    An ill-advised business decision

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