Victor Is a Senator from Kansas Who Wants to Help

question 150

Multiple Choice

Victor is a senator from Kansas who wants to help farmers.He has worked to encourage the passage of a law that would impose a binding price floor on wheat.What would he expect his critics to say?

• A) The binding price floor will discourage farmers from planting wheat and they will plant other crops instead.
• B) The binding price floor will encourage consumers to eat too much wheat.
• C) The binding price floor will discourage farmers from using the most productive farming methods available.
• D) The binding price floor will cause a shortage of wheat.
• E) The binding price floor will cause a surplus of wheat that farmers will be unable to sell.

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