Question: Pick the proper choice. No need to expound. Do it ASAP. Part 1: Most of the reduction in poverty rates since World War II occurred

Pick the proper choice. No need to expound. Do it ASAP.

Part 1:

Most of the reduction in poverty rates since World War II occurred as a result of the

1996 welfare reforms.

1940s War On Poverty.

1960s War On Poverty.

end of "welfare as we know it."

Part 2

Policies focused on putting people to work by having them construct parks would be considered

demand-side policies.

monetary policies.

supply-side policies.

demand-side and supply-side policies.

Part 3

A 15-year old that wants a job but can't find one is

unemployed.

underemployed.

not included at all in the unemployment rate.

cyclically unemployed.

If a woman is pregnant and her boss must decide to give a promotion that entails a move to another city in a time frame that coincides with the expected birth of her child then the boss

can chose to by-pass her and give the pregnancy as a legally-acceptable reason.

can chose to by-pass her and give the pregnancy as a legally-acceptable reason, as long as the next promotion goes to her.

must ignore the pregnancy in making the decision of whom to promote.

must give her the promotion, regardless of other candidates.

Part 5

A political problem with discretionary fiscal policy is the

ability of powerful politicians to direct government spending to their favored causes.

split control of the legislative and judicial branches of government.

Federal Reserve.

business cycle.

Part 6

  1. A CPI miscalculation that overstates its increase by 0.8 percentage points will cause

    the poverty line to rise too slowly.

    the poverty line to rise too quickly.

    the price of goods to rise.

    the price of services to rise.

Part 7

In 2014, the ethnic group experiencing the highest poverty rate was

black, non-Hispanic.

Hispanic.

another race.

white, non-Hispanic.

Part 8

Suppose a plant has 1000 employees, half of whom are from a minority population. Suppose further that, in order to cut costs, a manager must layoff 100 employees. If she chooses only non-minority workers to lay off, because an analysis of productivity data suggests they are, on average, 5% less efficient then she is

on perfectly sound legal ground.

using statistical discrimination and it is illegal.

using statistical discrimination and it is legal.

using inferential discrimination and it is illegal.

part 14

  1. If you were to use an Aggregate Supply - Aggregate Demand diagram to model nondiscretionary and discretionary fiscal policy in reaction to a negative aggregate demand shock, you would see the aggregate demand curve move

    to the right as a result of the shock.

    back toward its pre-shock position as a result of these policies.

    to the left as a result of the shock.

    to the left, back toward its pre-shock position as a result of these policies.

Part 15

  1. In terms of weekly earnings for full-time workers,

    black workers earn about 77% of what white workers earn.

    black workers earn about 42% of what white workers earn.

    black workers earn about 58% of what white workers earn.

    black workers earn about the same as whites.

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