In Determining the Poverty Level, the Census Bureau Counts Cash

question 27

True/False

In determining the poverty level, the Census Bureau counts cash transfers, but not in-kind transfers, thereby understating the actual amount of antipoverty transfers made.

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Definitions:

Accounting Profit

The difference between total monetary revenue and total monetary costs, excluding the consideration of opportunity costs.

Explicit Costs

These are the direct, clear expenses related to business operations, such as salaries, utilities, and rent, that are easily quantifiable.

Accounting Profit

The difference between the total revenue and explicit costs of a firm, not accounting for implicit costs.

Economic Profit

The variance between a company's overall incomes and its combined explicit and implicit expenses.