An Inflation Tax

question 58

Multiple Choice

An inflation tax

• A)is usually employed by governments with balanced budgets.
• B)None of these answers.
• C)is an explicit tax paid quarterly by businesses based on the amount of increase in the prices of their products.
• D)is a tax borne only by people who hold interest bearing savings accounts.
• E)is a tax on people who hold money.

Analyze the influence of media and popular culture in postwar America.

Examine the challenges and progress in civil rights during the 1950s.

Discuss the rise of suburbanization and its implications on American society.

Understand the political and economic motivations behind U.S. foreign policies during the Cold War.

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