The Financial Stability Oversight Council was created by Question 29 options: President Roosevelt in 1939 to reduce unemployment and increase public-sector job opportunities. President Obama and Congress in 2010 to identify system-wide risks to the financial sector. Congress in 1965 to counter the influence of the growing influence of the Office of Management and Budget. President Reagan in 1980 to study the causes of inflation and make policy recommendations to reduce it.

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500