A Software Company Starts to Give Monthly Polygraph Tests to All

question 86

Multiple Choice

A software company starts to give monthly polygraph tests to all of its employees to catch anyone who may be selling proprietary information to other companies. This approach is unlikely to be very successful because a lie detector test:

• A) measures arousal, not lying
• B) measures subjective perceptions, not objective truths
• C) tracks the brain areas involved in a response but not the processing in those areas
• D) identifies brain regions that are too large to identify lying

Illustrate the relationship between the Phillips curve, inflation rate, and unemployment rate, including the concept of the natural rate of unemployment.

Elucidate the implications of the Phillips curve for fiscal and monetary policy, including the Friedman and Phelps critique.

Understand the relationship between inflation, unemployment, and the short-run Phillips curve.

Recognize the effects of fiscal and monetary policy on inflation, unemployment, and aggregate demand in the short run.

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