What Is the "Paradox of a Positional Economy

question 43

Multiple Choice

What is the "paradox of a positional economy?"?

• A) 1% of the world owns 95% of the world's wealth.
• B) Treadmills of production and consumption push individuals in contradictory directions.
• C) Treadmills of consumption speed up as more people purchase more.
• D) Levels of consumption are constantly devalued as more people attain them due to general economic growth.

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