The Idea That Spending Today Must Be Paid for Someday

question 15

Multiple Choice

The idea that spending today must be paid for someday, if not today, is called the:

• A) "no free lunch" principle.
• B) "Smithian" paradox.
• C) "no dollar left behind" hypothesis.
• D) "free rider" problem.
• E) "countercyclical opposites" thesis.

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