Questions from Macroeconomics


Q: Why might Fourth of July fireworks be considered a public good?

Why might Fourth of July fireworks be considered a public good? Who should pay for them? What about airport security?

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Q: In Namibia, (a) What percentage of total output

In Namibia, (a) What percentage of total output is received by the richest 10 percent of households? (b) How much output did this share amount to in 2010, when Namibia’s GDP was $12 billion? (c) Wi...

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Q: (a) How much foreign aid does the United States now

(a) How much foreign aid does the United States now provide? (b) How much more is required to satisfy the UN’s Millennium Aid Goal if U.S. GDP = $15 trillion?

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Q: If the industrialized nations were to satisfy the UN’s Millennium Aid Goal

If the industrialized nations were to satisfy the UN’s Millennium Aid Goal, how much more foreign aid would they give annually?

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Q: According to Table 21.3, how many years will it

According to Table 21.3, how many years will it take for per capita GDP to double in (a) China? (b) Madagascar? (c) Zimbabwe?

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Q: (a) Which low-income nation in Table 21.

(a) Which low-income nation in Table 21.3 has a GDP growth rate closest to that of the United States? (b) How much faster is that nation’s population growth? (c) How much lower i...

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Q: According to the World View on page 465, (a

According to the World View on page 465, (a) How much money is spent annually to combat baldness? (b) How much medical care would that money buy for each child who dies from malaria each year?

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Q: According to Table 1.1 (or Figure 1.1

According to Table 1.1 (or Figure 1.1), what is the opportunity cost of the fourth truck? Figure 1.1

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Q: (a) Compute the opportunity cost in forgone tanks for each

(a) Compute the opportunity cost in forgone tanks for each additional truck produced: (b) As truck output increases, are opportunity costs (A) increasing, (B) decreasing, or (C) remaining constant?...

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Q: According to Figure 1.2 (p. 9), what

According to Figure 1.2 (p. 9), what is the opportunity cost of North Korea moving from point P to point N (in terms of food output)?

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