Question

[H]ave the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020. To reach that goal, we increased the maximum annual Pell Grant by . . . $900 to help nearly 10 million needy students afford a college education. . . . We are continuing our effort to prepare . . . 100,000 science and math teachers. . . . To prepare our workers for the jobs of tomorrow, we need to turn our unemployment system into a re-employment system.
—President Barack Obama,
2012 Budget Message of the President
Which aspects of economic growth is the president addressing in this passage? Choose three correct answers.
Responses

ways to improve fiscal policy
ways to improve fiscal policy

ways to encourage increased productivity
ways to encourage increased productivity

ways to decrease unemployment
ways to decrease unemployment

ways to create a balanced budget
ways to create a balanced budget

ways to inject capital into the economy
ways to inject capital into the economy
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Answer 1

Correct answers:
- ways to encourage increased productivity — (investing in education and training raises worker skills and productivity)
- ways to decrease unemployment — (turning the unemployment system into a re‑employment system targets job placement)
- ways to inject capital into the economy — (raising Pell Grants puts government money into students/education, stimulating spending and investment in human capital)