If Moving an Extra Unit of Today's Consumption to Future

question 55

Multiple Choice

If moving an extra unit of today's consumption to future consumption improves your lifetime utility, you are not:

• A) equalizing consumption over time.
• B) satisfying the Euler equation.
• C) satisfying your intertemporal budget constraint.
• D) putting enough into increasing your family wealth.
• E) paying enough taxes to finance Social Security.

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