If Society Wishes to Increase Living Standards While Minimizing Sacrifices

question 48

Multiple Choice

If society wishes to increase living standards while minimizing sacrifices of present consumption, it should encourage:

• A) growth in the labor supply.
• B) growth in capital.
• C) decreases in capital.
• D) technological improvement.

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