The Scarcity Problem

question 56

Multiple Choice

The scarcity problem:

• A)persists only because countries have failed to achieve continual full employment
• B)persists because a society's consumer wants exceed its available economic resources
• C)has been eliminated in all industrialized nations
• D)has been eliminated in affluent societies such as Canada and the United States
• E)is eliminated when a nation has achieved full employment

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