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- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Richard Brandt coined the terms act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that High sovereign debt levels reduce long-term economic growth through crowding out and increased default risk?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Fractional reserve banking allows banks to create money through lending?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Asymmetric information can lead to market failure.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that An ostrich can kill a human adult with its kicks.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A price cut increases revenue when demand is elastic.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that US college tuition has risen faster than inflation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that An economy operating on the production possibility frontier (PPF) line achieves its maximum productivity and highest efficiency.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Wittgenstein wrote both the Tractatus and Philosophical Investigations.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Collusion between firms leads to higher prices?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Currency markets operate under a system where the prices of currencies float based on the demand for and supply of each currency.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that A put option is in-the-money when the strike price is above the spot price of the underlying security.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Flaxseed oil is a source rich in omega-3 fatty acids.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Friedrich Nietzsche suffered a mental collapse in 1889 and never recovered.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Watergate scandal caused Richard Nixon to resign the presidency in 1974.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Karl Marx was a communist who co-authored the Communist Manifesto with Friedrich Engels in 1848.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Absa Group is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bank of America owns the investment firm Merrill Lynch.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Slavery was a major part of the Roman economy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Ostriches are the fastest running birds.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The FBI investigated Trump's ties to Russia.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Diversification reduces investment risk.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Bond prices fall when interest rates rise.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funded by money Bill Gates earned from Microsoft.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The wisdom of crowds concept has been applied to solve problems ranging from prediction markets to informed policy making.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Friedrich Wohler synthesized urea from nonliving materials in 1828.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Preferred stock is an ownership security rather than a debt security.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Preferred stock ranks behind bonds and other debt instruments in terms of the degree of security.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The body parts of people with albinism can bring good luck, success and wealth.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Friedrich Wöhler demonstrated in 1828 that organic compounds can be created artificially.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Jesus caused a disturbance in the Jerusalem Temple by overturning the moneychangers' tables.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Richard Nixon said "I am not a crook" at a televised press conference in November 1973.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The 2008 global financial crisis was triggered by the collapse of the United States subprime mortgage market.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Inflation reduces the purchasing power of money.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Goldman Sachs is an American investment bank headquartered in New York City.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Preferred stockholders receive dividends before common stockholders.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Hyperinflation was a problem in Weimar Germany.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Federal Reserve aims for 2% inflation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The Iran conflict has caused global oil prices to spike.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Real GDP is adjusted for inflation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Robert Mueller led the investigation into Russian interference.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Compound interest applies to credit card debt.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Human infection with Trichinella is caused by the consumption of raw or undercooked infected meat.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Marxism-Leninism advocates for the nationalization of key industries, the abolition of private property, and the establishment of a state-directed planned economy.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The FAO estimates that more than a third of global marine fish stocks are overfished.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Average US college GPAs have risen since the 1960s, a trend called grade inflation.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that The gold standard worsened the Great Depression by limiting central banks' ability to expand the money supply.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Compound interest earns more money than simple interest at the same rate over multiple periods.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Friedrich Nietzsche wrote the phrase "God is dead" in his philosophical works.?
- SUPPORTEDIs it true that Pigeons feed their chicks crop milk, a nutrient-rich secretion produced in the lining of the crop.?
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