Some Argue That to Determine Whether a Certain Degree of Income

question 34

Multiple Choice

Some argue that to determine whether a certain degree of income inequality is unfair,one must

• A) look at the justice of the process leading to the prevailing distribution.
• B) assume that perfect equality is the optimal condition.
• C) measure the comparable worth of high- and low-income households.
• D) determine whether it is correlated with the marginal utility of money.
• E) quantify the utility curve for individuals at similar income levels.

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