Which of the Following Is a True Statement Regarding the Economic

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a true statement regarding the economic growth model's predictions and how it actually affects the real world?

• A)The growth model predicts that poor countries should catch up with rich countries,but developing countries are not catching up to lower-income industrialized countries as a group.
• B)The growth model predicts that poor countries will never catch up with rich countries,but lower-income industrialized countries are catching up to higher-income industrialized countries as a group.
• C)The growth model predicts that poor countries will catch up with rich countries,but lower-income industrialized countries are not catching up to higher-income industrialized countries as a group.
• D)The growth model predicts that poor countries will catch up with rich countries,and this is what we observe across all developmental categories of countries.

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