Related to the Economics in Practice on Page 35: in the Survey

question 36

Multiple Choice

Related to the Economics in Practice on page 35: In the survey conducted by Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, the extremely poor were found to consume ________ of their budgets on food compared to people in the United States.

• A) a significantly higher percentage
• B) about the same percentage
• C) a slightly lower percentage
• D) approximately 50 percent less

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