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Game of Theories: The Austrians Practice Questions
1. According to the Austrian theory of business cycles, how does the central bank distort price signals?
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a. By increasing velocity, the central bank creates the illusion of greater consumer demand for short-term goods.
b. By increasing velocity, the central bank creates the illusion of lower consumer demand for investment goods.
c. By increasing inflation, the central bank causes interest rates to fall, falsely signaling an increase in consumer savings.
d. By increasing inflation, the central bank causes interest rates to rise, falsely signaling a decrease in consumer savings.
2. According to the Austrian theory of business cycles, how does the boom part of the business cycle lead to the bust?
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a. Malinvestments made in response to distorted price signals fail when met with insufficient consumer demand.
b. The decrease in interest rates caused by distorted price signals creates an excess of consumer demand.
c. Overconfidence caused by the boom leads entrepreneurs to further invest in short-term goods, past the amount required to meet consumer demand.
d. The increased production of short-term goods caused by distorted price signals is met with insufficient consumer demand.
e. a and c only.
3. What is the Austrian solution to business cycles?
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a. Reduce long-term investments.
b. Tie the central bank down to a stable rate of inflation.
c. Account for distortions in price signals caused by the central bank.
d. Limited government that doesn’t interfere with market price signals.
e. a and c only.
4. Which of the following is a problem with the Austrian theory of business cycles?
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a. It fails to explain why entrepreneurs don’t account for the distortions in price signals caused by the central bank.
b. It incorrectly predicts that consumption and investment are positively correlated.
c. It fails to explain why failed investments cause so much unemployment.
d. a and c only.
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