Determine the effect of the following transactions on GDP in the United States in 2017. a. Washing, Inc. produces washing machines in the United States. In 2017, it produced $250,000 worth of washing machines, but consumers only purchased $150,000 worth. multiple choice 1 Consumption expenditures increased by $150,000 and investment decreased by $100,000. Consumption expenditures increased by $250,000. Consumption expenditures increased by $150,000 and investment increased by $100,000. Consumption expenditures increased by $250,000 and net exports decreased by $100,000. b. Coffee, Inc. opens a new location and purchases $10,000 in used equipment. multiple choice 2 Consumption expenditures increased by $10,000. GDP remained unchanged. Investment increased by $10,000. Net exports increased by $10,000. c. Andy purchases $20 of coffee roasted and bagged in Colombia during 2017. multiple choice 3 Consumption expenditures increased by $20 and net exports decreased by $20. Net exports decreased by $20. Consumption expenditures increased by $20 and investment decreased by $20. Investment increased by $20 and net exports decreased by $20. d. The Jackson family hires Home Construction, Co. to build their new house in 2017. The total cost of the house was $175,000. multiple choice 4 Net exports increased by $175,000. Consumption expenditures increased by $175,000. Investment increased by $175,000. GDP remained unchanged.

The market price of cheeseburgers in a college town increased recently, and the students in an economics class are debating the cause of the price increase. some students suggest that the price increased because the price of beef, an important ingredient for making cheeseburgers, has increased. other students attribute the increase in the price of cheeseburgers to a recent increase in college student enrollment.1. the first group of students thinks the increase in the price of cheeseburgers is due to the fact that the price of beef, an important ingredient for making cheeseburgers, has increased. (what happened to demand and supply, shift to the right or left)2. the second group of students attributes the increase in the price of cheeseburgers to the increase in college student enrollment. (what happens to demand and supply, shift to the right or left)3. suppose that both of the events you analyzed above are partly responsible for the increase in the price of cheeseburgers. based on your analysis of the explanations offered by the two groups of students, how would you figure out which of the possible causes was the dominant cause of the increase in the price of cheeseburgers? (choose a, b,c, or d)a)if the price increase was small, then the supply shift in the market for cheeseburgers must have been larger than the demand shift.b)if the equilibrium quantity of cheeseburgers decreases, then the demand shift in the market for cheeseburgers must have been larger than the supply shift.c)if the equilibrium quantity of cheeseburgers decreases, then the supply shift in the market for cheeseburgers must have been larger than the demand shift.d)whichever change occurred first must have been the primary cause of the change in the price of cheeseburgers.

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?