"If Income Were Redistributed in Favor of the Poor, We

question 30

Multiple Choice

"If income were redistributed in favor of the poor, we would eliminate scarcity." The preceding statement is

• A) essentially correct.
• B) incorrect because scarcity has already been eliminated among the poor in wealthy countries such as the United States.
• C) incorrect; it fails to recognize that poverty will be present as long as resources are scarce.
• D) incorrect; it confuses the elimination of poverty with the elimination of the constraint imposed by scarcity.

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