Scarcity Requires That We

question 21

Multiple Choice

Scarcity requires that we:

• A) make sure we only want things that we are capable of consuming and producing.
• B) change our fiscal policy until the situation of scarcity is eliminated.
• C) make decisions in order to arrange our resources rationally.
• D) adopt economic policies that will lead to unlimited resources.

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