Fiat Money Has

question 65

Multiple Choice

Fiat money has

• A)little to no intrinsic value but is backed by the quantity of gold held by the central bank.
• B)little to no intrinsic value and is authorized by the central bank or governmental body.
• C)value, because it can be redeemed for gold by the central bank.
• D)a great intrinsic value that is independent of its use as money.
• E)is less useful than commodity money.

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Definitions:

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning one person's consumption does not reduce availability for others and cannot exclude others from using them.

Private Consumption

Expenditure by households on goods and services, excluding purchases of dwellings, which is a key component in the calculation of a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Pareto Efficient

An economic condition wherein resources are allocated in such a way that it is impossible to make any one individual better off without making at least one individual worse off.

Public Good

A product that one individual can consume without reducing its availability to another individual and from which no one is excluded.