A Binding Price Floor on Wheat Will

question 33

Multiple Choice

A binding price floor on wheat will:

• A)force otherwise profitable farmers out of business
• B)result in a shortage of wheat
• C)result in a surplus of wheat
• D)act as an efficient and impersonal rationing mechanism

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