Money neutrality is the idea that a. any policy can have intended and unintended consequences b. in the long-run, markets will clear and return the economy to equilibrium regardless of what happens to the money supply. c. there are two types of variables, nominal and real, and only nominal variables are affected by the money supply. d. nominal and real interest rates are unrelated.

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Money neutrality is the idea that

a. any policy can have intended and unintended consequences

b. in the long-run, markets will clear and return the economy to equilibrium regardless of what happens to the money supply.

c. there are two types of variables, nominal and real, and only nominal variables are affected by the money supply.

d. nominal and real interest rates are unrelated.

 

During the middle of the 20th century, income inequality in developed economies generally fell. The reason for this was

a. average incomes didn't rise but welfare systems redistributed income.

 b. that returns to assets held by high income earners fell steadily.

c. incomes overall rose but taxation systems were slowly made more and more progressive.

d. a rise in average income with incomes of the bottom deciles rising faster than the top.

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