Due to a Scarcity of Resources

question 100

Multiple Choice

Due to a scarcity of resources,

• A) governments should decide what should be produced
• B) the government must decide how to allocate available resources
• C) some members of each society must live in poverty
• D) every society must choose among competing uses of available resources
• E) resource availability exceeds the possible uses for available resources

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