In 1980, in Order to Stimulate Agricultural Production, Fidel Castro

question 201

Multiple Choice

In 1980, in order to stimulate agricultural production, Fidel Castro allowed Cuban farmers to sell their goods directly to consumers and keep whatever profit they made.Some farmers were earning $50,000 per year, compared with the average worker income of $2,400.The workers resented this.Castro denounced the farmers as "capitalist gangsters" and closed the free markets.Cuban cash income declined five percent and fresh vegetables were in short supply.This illustrates the economic concept of the

• A)law of comparative advantage.
• B)equality-efficiency trade-off.
• C)cost disease of the service sector.
• D)unemployment-inflation trade-off.
• E)All of the above are correct.

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