If the government lowers income taxes on Americans in the top one percent of earners, while decreasing welfare payments to citizens with incomes below the federal poverty threshold, the most likely result is in efficiency and in equality in the United States. Match each definition to its appropriate concept. Definition When a society gets the most it can from its scarce resources When economic benefits are distributed uniformly across society Efficiency O O Equality O O

If the government lowers income taxes on Americans in the top one percent of earners, while decreasing welfare payments to citizens with incomes below the federal poverty threshold, the most likely result is in efficiency and in equality in the United States. Match each definition to its appropriate concept. Definition When a society gets the most it can from its scarce resources When economic benefits are distributed uniformly across society Efficiency O O Equality O O

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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