Explanation a. The government pays the full tuition for every college student. According to the given case all, the students are treated equally as government pays full tuition irrespective of their ability to pay. However, on the other side students who are eligible for college education are provided funds irrespective of their need of education. Thus, even the inefficient person is getting the facility. As the resources are scarce, the funds, which are wasted on inefficient person, can be deviated to some other productive work...

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Chapter 1, Problem 10P

To determine

the efficiency and equity of each scenario

Concept Introduction:

Economic Principle:

“Government policies can change spending”- Various fiscal and monetary policies of government are used to correct the situation of the economy and adjust the spending.

“Resources should be used efficiently to achieve society’s goals”- Resources should be used in such a way that will not make any better off by making the other individual worse off.

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