A System of Rationing

question 122

Multiple Choice

A system of rationing:

• A) usually leaves everyone better off.
• B) Leaves some consumers better off and others worse off.
• C) usually leaves everyone worse off compared to a free market price system.
• D) is not part of the traditional market system and cannot be evaluated by the traditional (neoclassical) model of consumer behavior.

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Energy associated with motion.

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