The Key to Reaching a Pareto Optimum Through Mutually Beneficial

question 30

Multiple Choice

The key to reaching a Pareto optimum through mutually beneficial exchange _____.

• A)is to remove barriers to international trade
• B)is to establish property rights for valuable resources
• C)is to provide start-up capital to fledgling entrepreneurs
• D)is to encourage people to use online auction services

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Definitions:

Fixated

In psychology, this term describes an obsessive or persistent concentration on a specific issue, idea, or task.

Defense Mechanisms

Strategies employed by the mind to cope with uncomfortable emotions or thoughts, often unconsciously, leading to behaviors that might mitigate psychological stress.

Unacceptable Impulses

Thoughts or desires that are considered inappropriate or unacceptable by societal standards, often suppressed or repressed.

Displacement

In psychology, displacement refers to the unconscious transfer of an intense emotion from its original object to another, more acceptable one.