Over the Long Sweep of Human History, Output Per Capita

question 49

Multiple Choice

Over the long sweep of human history, output per capita in the currently rich economies:

• A) grew dramatically during the 20th century.
• B) always grew at a positive rate.
• C) has not grown much at all.
• D) grew in the 1950s and 1960s at about the same rate as the previous thousand years.
• E) grew dramatically during the 19th century.

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space if these events occur with a known constant rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Probability Of Occurrence

The likelihood that a specific event will happen, often expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

Span Of Time

Span of time refers to the duration or length of a period between two points in time.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming these events happen with a known constant rate and independently of the time since the last event.