The Mythical Country of Quitar Has Just Established a Policy

question 14

Essay

The mythical country of Quitar has just established a policy to give very generous in-kind benefits to the nation's poor, currently defined as those earning less than $10,000 a year. Several years later, the poverty rate has not fallen. Why not?

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