Why does combination of inflation and a progressive income tax system tend to redistribute income in the economy?
Assume that in a particular year, the natural rate of unemployment is 5 percent and the actual rate of unemployment is 9 percent. Use the Okun’s law to estimate the size of GNP gap in percentage point terms. If the potential GNP is 500 billion in that year, how much output is being foregone because of cyclical unemployment?
Cash transfer programmes could influence the behaviour of recipients in ways that could undermine the poverty‐alleviating effects and cost‐effectiveness of these interventions” (Black et al. 2017).
Do you agree with this statement? Motivate your answer with a discussion.
In a government expenditure multiplier, if autonomous spending a is 1000, the marginal propensity to save is 0.25 and the marginal tax rate t is 0.30. what will be the equilibrium level of income?