The incidence of absolute poverty is reduced by

A) annual recalculations of the poverty line.
B) government welfare programs.
C) economic growth.
D) the size of the budget deficit.


C

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Calculate how consumer and producer surplus change because of the ban. Is the country better off with the ban on imports? Why?

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It's logical, it's a rule of thumb, it's an economic guideline: By producing at a quantity where MR = MC,

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Which of the following statements is true?

A. Sales, excise, and flat-rate taxes violate the ability-to-pay principle of taxation fairness because each results in a smaller burden on the poor than the rich. B. Government failure may occur if voters are rationally ignorant. C. Special-interest group political pressure results only from programs for which benefits outweigh costs. D. Majority-rule voting and benefit-cost analysis result in the same projects being undertaken.

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