A. Such redistribution would mean that those who worked hard were no better off than those who were lazy and this would be unfair.
B. such redistribution would not maximize the total income of all members of society
C. Such redistribution would remove the incentive to work hard, so society’s total income would fall, and so the least well off person would be worse off than they could be under a system in which there was some inequality income.
D. such redistribution would amount to confiscation of honestly earned income from higher earners and so would be unjust.
Related Mcqs:
- The maximin criterion suggested by Rawls’s theory of justice means that the government should aim to ?
A. Maximize the total utility of society
B. Maximize the well-being of the worst-off person in society
C. minimize the difference between the rich and poor
D. maximize the economic freedom of individuals by minimizing government interference in private decision making
E. minimize the well-being of the best-off person in society - Rawls’s suggestion that policy should be directed at maximizing the welfare of the least well off person in society is derived from ?
A. the idea that people should consider policy as if behind a veil of ignorance as to what their circumstances might be in society, and the idea that as long as there is no theft then there is no need for governments to intervene and redistribute income.
B. the idea that people should consider policy as if behind a veil of ignorance as to what their circumstances might be in society, and the idea that people will then be particularly concerned about the possibility that they might find themselves at the bottom of the income distribution
C. the idea that people a veil of ignorance as policy as if behind a veil of ignorance as to what their circumstances might be in society, and the ignorant people should be looked after
D. the idea that everyone in society should have an equal income - Mariam earns more than Seamus and she came by her income fairly and honestly which of the following political philosophies would argue against the redistribution of income from Mariam to Seamus ?
A. all of these answers
B. libertarianism
C. utilitarianism
D. none of these answers - Utilitarianism suggests that the government should choose policies that maximize the total utility of everyone in society by ?
A. redistributing income from rich to poor because this is what the members of society would choose to do if they were behind a veil of ignorance
B. redistributing income from rich to poor because due to the diminishing marginal utility of income, taking a pound from the rich reduces their utility by less than the gain in utility generated by giving a pound to the poor
C. allowing each individual to maximize their own utility without interference from the government
redistributing income from rich to poor because this would maximize the well-being of the worst-off person in society - Because people’s income vary other the life cycle and because there are transitory shocks to people’s incomes the standard measures of income distribution ?
A. exaggerate the inequality of living standards
B. could exaggerate or understate the inequality of living standards depending on whether the transitory shocks are positive or negative
C. understate the inequality of living standards
D. accurately represent the true inequality of living standards - If, in the long run, people adjust their price expectations so that all prices and incomes move proportionately to an increase in the price level then the long-run Phillips curve ?
A. is vertical
B. is negatively sloped
C. has a slope that is determined by how fast people adjust their price expectations
D. is positively sloped - The Setrite Corporation produce chairs. An economist working for the firm predicts that if people’s incomes rise next year, then the demand for our chairs will for our chairs will increase ceteris paribus The accuracy of the economist’s prediction depends on whether the chairs Setrite Produce ?
A. have few substitutes.
B. are normal goods
C. have few complementary goods.
D. have many complementary goods. - When an increase in government purchases raises incomes shifts money demand to the right raises the interest rate, and lowers investment we have seen a demonstration of ?
A. supply-side economics
B. None of these answers
C. The crowding-out effect
D. The multiplier effects - The record of a country’s imports and exports of of goods and services plus net investment incomes and current transfers of money to and from abroad, is called its ?
A. balance of payments on current account
B. visible trade balance
C. balance of trade
D. balance of payments - Which one of the following is the best criterion of contrast between a rural and urban community ?
A. Geographic location
B. Specific size of population
C. Specific density of population
D. Diversification of occupations
