The Equality-Efficiency Trade-Off Would Be Most Closely Associated with Which

question 216

Multiple Choice

The equality-efficiency trade-off would be most closely associated with which one of the following statements?

• A)The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
• B)The only way to create income equality is to take from the rich and give to the poor.
• C)If cutting the income pie in more equal slices tends to shrink the pie, what amount of shrinkage will society tolerate?
• D)People are less concerned with the larger question of income distribution than they are with the more specific issue of income inadequacy.

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The ability to exercise control over one's thoughts, behaviors, and emotions in order to achieve specific goals or responses.

Salient

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Salient Aspects

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