For What Kind of Society Does a Shift Away from the Production

question 71

Multiple Choice

For what kind of society does a shift away from the production of capital goods and toward the production of consumer goods make sense?

• A) a society with a scarcity of natural resources
• B) a society with a high unemployment rate
• C) a society with a low per-capita income
• D) a society with a large per-capita stock of capital goods
• E) a society with a large population

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Definitions:

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