Which of the Following Statements Is Not Correct

question 478

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is not correct?

• A)The percentage of the population that suffers from long-term poverty is far smaller than the percentage of the population that suffers from short-term poverty because there is a high level of economic mobility in the United States.
• B)Permanent income is a better measure of a family's ability to buy the necessities of life than is transitory income.
• C)The economic life cycle theory explains why gifts of goods and services reduce poverty for the very young and the very old.
• D)Because people can borrow and save to smooth out changes in income, their standard of living in any one year depends more on lifetime income than on a particular year's income.

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Definitions:

Monopoly

A firm that is the sole seller of a product without any close substitutes.

Game Theory

The study of how people behave in strategic situations

Competitive Markets

Markets in which there are many buyers and sellers so that each has a negligible impact on the market price of goods and services.

Monopoly Markets

Markets in which a single seller dominates, with no viable competition, often leading to higher prices for consumers.