After Creating a False Catastrophe, a Particularly Devious Political Player

question 41

Multiple Choice

After creating a false catastrophe, a particularly devious political player:

• A) apologizes and admits his or her falsehood.
• B) claims to have resolved the problem.
• C) openly laughs at management for believing the story.
• D) asks another department to solve the problem.

Understand the opportunity cost of borrowing to finance government deficits.

Compare the proportion of taxes in the U.S. to other industrially advanced countries.

Calculate the impact of taxes and government borrowing on domestic output and personal income.

Differentiate between government purchases and transfer payments in terms of resource absorption.

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