A Typical Society Strives to Get the Most It Can

question 37

Multiple Choice

A typical society strives to get the most it can from its scarce resources.At the same time,the society attempts to distribute the benefits of those resources to the members of the society in a fair manner.In other words,the society faces a tradeoff between

• A)guns and butter.
• B)efficiency and equality.
• C)inflation and unemployment.
• D)work and leisure.

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Definitions:

Political Orientation

Describes an individual's or group's predisposition towards certain political ideologies, parties, or policies.

Independent Variable

A variable in an experiment or model that is manipulated to observe its effect on a dependent variable, being the cause in a cause-and-effect relationship.

Criterion Validity

The extent to which a measure is related to an outcome.

Quality

The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements or expectations.