One Reason That Governments May Find It Useful to Sponsor

question 29

True/False

One reason that governments may find it useful to sponsor universities and basic research is that to a large extent knowledge is generally a private good.

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Definitions:

Potential Output

The maximum amount of goods and services an economy can produce when it is fully employed, without causing inflation.

Structural Unemployment

The occurrence of unemployment because of modifications in the industrial sector, typically induced by technological evolution, as opposed to alterations in the supply or demand of the market.

Aggregate Supply Curve

A graphical representation that shows the relationship between the overall price level in an economy and the total production of goods and services by that economy.

Actual Price Level

The current average of all prices of goods and services in an economy, as measured at a particular point in time.