The labor force participation rate is defined as
A) the percentage of the working-age population that is unemployed.
B) the percentage of the working-age population that is employed.
C) the percentage of the labor force that is employed.
D) the percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
E) the percentage of the working-age population in the labor force.
Question 2
The public choice model raises questions about the government's ability to regulate economic activity efficiently. Which of the following statements represents the views of most economists with regard to the role of government?
A) U.S. citizens can afford more government regulation if the cost of this regulation is borne mostly by taxpayers with the highest incomes.
B) Government should do more to regulate markets. The public choice model has shown that rent seeking and rational ignorance affect more markets than are currently subject to regulation.
C) Agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency can serve a useful purpose, but we need to take the costs of regulation into account along with the benefits.
D) Congress should abolish the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other agencies and commissions because the costs of their actions exceed the benefits they provide to the public.
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