The US Treasury Regularly Borrows from the Social Security Trust Fund

question 69

True/False

The U.S. Treasury regularly borrows from the Social Security Trust Fund and leaves IOUs in their place.

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Definitions:

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages reaped by companies when production becomes efficient, leading to a decrease in the per-unit cost as output increases.

Diseconomies of Scale

The situation in which the cost of producing each individual unit rises when a company's production volume grows, often resulting from inefficiencies and a rise in complexity.

Long-run Average Total Cost

The cost per unit of output in which all inputs, including capital, are variable, showing economies and diseconomies of scale over time.