Which of these policy recommendations by an economist is likely to involve the largest time lag? Group of answer choices reduce the size of the money supply and bank reserves cut corporate income tax rates lower interest rates lower the reserve requirement Suppose Congress is pursuing an expansionary fiscal policy. A coordinated monetary policy would require the Fed to . sell a large amount of bonds increase the required reserve ratio loan money to the government keep interest rates low

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.