An Institutional Practice That Can Buffer a Society from Ecological

question 18

Multiple Choice

An institutional practice that can buffer a society from ecological fluctuation, permitting complex elaboration of relations of consumption, is

• A) Distribution.
• B) Exchange.
• C) Production.
• D) Storage.

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Definitions:

Base Rate Component

Fundamental part of an interest rate, often the reference rate from which banks determine their own lending rates.

Inflation

The rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising, and, subsequently, purchasing power is falling.

Production Sector

A segment of the economy that includes the activities involving the manufacturing and production of goods.

Consumption Sector

Part of the economy that involves the purchase of goods and services by individuals and households.