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Economic Policy: Influential Theories Answers

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What are the goals when a government uses expansionary monetary policy? Check all that apply.

A
increasing its money supply to boost the economy
B
decreasing its money supply to slow the economy
C
increasing its money supply to speed business expansion
D
decreasing its money supply to curb business expansion
E
decreasing its interest rates to increase investment spending
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The graph shows how individuals affect economic growth.

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A
They work in their own self-interest.
B
They work as part of a unified group.
C
They work to influence the money supply.
D
They work to influence the economy.
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A government might enact expansionary spending when it is trying to

A
increase aggregate demand for goods.
B
decrease aggregate demand for goods.
C
slow an economic expansion.
D
lower a budget deficit.
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How did Adam Smith’s economic ideas help the United States establish a free enterprise system? Check all that apply.

A
They led to freedom of choice for consumers and producers.
B
They led to fixed prices for consumers and producers.
C
They led to open competition for consumers.
D
They led to individual ownership of property.
E
They led to more government spending and increased demand.
F
They led to limited choice and communal ownership of property.
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Friedrich Hayek believed that

A
behaviors could be easily predicted.
B
individuals could not influence the economy.
C
the economy is simply explained through behaviors.
D
the economy is too complicated to apply aggregates.
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Monetarism plays a role in economic growth by

A
expanding government intervention.
B
influencing the supply of goods.
C
expanding government spending.
D
influencing the supply of money.
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money was written by

A
John Maynard Keynes.
B
Adam Smith.
C
Milton Friedman.
D
Friedrich August von Hayek.
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Milton Friedman argued that consumers are more likely to alter their behavior based on

A
changes in the unemployment rate.
B
short-term changes in the economy.
C
long-term changes in the economy.
D
changes in the inflation rate.

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