One Critique of Alcoholics Anonymous Is That It Was Originally

question 38

Multiple Choice

One critique of Alcoholics Anonymous is that it was originally intended for chronic and severe drinkers, but now is being applied more broadly. For example, how many members are attending AA due to court order?

• A) 12%
• B) 20%
• C) 38%
• D) 52%

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Definitions:

Utility Function

A mathematical representation that attaches a level of utility (satisfaction) to each possible basket of goods, allowing the ranking of these baskets from least to most preferred.

Edgeworth Box

A diagram used in economics to show various distributions of resources and to analyze competitive equilibria between two agents with fixed resources.

Contract Curve

In microeconomics, it represents the set of optimal allocations of resources between two or more parties from an initial situation.

Pareto Optimal

A condition where resources are distributed in such a way that improving the situation of one person necessitates worsening the situation of another person.