Rather Than Cut Consumption During Any Year to Make a Productive

question 58

Multiple Choice

Rather than cut consumption during any year to make a productive investment, an open-economy nation that chooses to finance investment and preserve consumption during the first year:

• A) is always worse off.
• B) is better off if the return is greater than the rate of interest.
• C) must repay the investment 10 times over because of compounding.
• D) is subject to criticism for policies that favor rich investors.

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