The Trade-Off Between Current Consumption and the Production of Capital

question 249

Multiple Choice

The trade-off between current consumption and the production of capital goods is also a trade-off between

• A) the future cost for capital goods and future cost of consumption goods.
• B) having fewer needs and more wants in the future.
• C) satisfying the needs of the poor and the wants of the wealthy.
• D) current consumption and future consumption.

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