The Link Between the Productivity of Labor and the Standard

question 5

Multiple Choice

The link between the productivity of labor and the standard of living is:

• A) tenuous and changing.
• B) inverse.
• C) that over the long run, consumers as a whole can increase their rate of consumption only by increasing labor productivity.
• D) that over the long run, consumers' rate of consumption is not related to labor productivity.
• E) that the productivity of labor grows much more erratically than the standard of living.

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