The Debate About the Appropriate Balance Between the Public and Private

question 20

Multiple Choice

The debate about the appropriate balance between the public and private sectors

• A)is about the marginal benefits of public spending versus the marginal benefits of private spending,received for the last dollar spent.
• B)has been solved in Canada.
• C)should be decided by economists because they know the right balance.
• D)was solved by John Kenneth Galbraith in his book The Affluent Society.
• E)was solved by James Buchanan,a Nobel laureate.

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