Consumer Choice Theory Predicts That,with Identical Consumers,pay-As-You-Go Social Security

question 14

Multiple Choice

Consumer choice theory predicts that,with identical consumers,pay-as-you-go social security

• A) always makes all generations worse off.
• B) makes some generations better off, and cannot make any generation worse off.
• C) may make some generations worse off and cannot make any generation better off.
• D) may be Pareto improving.
• E) always makes all generations worse off compared to a fully-funded system.

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