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Chapter 18, Problem 2QAP
(a)
To determine
The wealth distribution of Americans.
(b)
To determine
Role of government in wealth distribution.
(c)
To determine
Teachings of both testaments regarding the private individual’s behavior.
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A typical rich country with a lot of redistribution
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b. Consider a country that makes its social support programs (like “food stamps",
insurance, or programs that provide goods like housing or health care to the poor) more
generous, while taxing the rich more in order to fund the programs. How will that economy's
Lorenz curve change?
c. Suppose a country becomes richer, such that over 10 years, every person's income exactly
doubles. What happens to that economy's Lorenz curve?
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unemployment
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The $1.4 billion trick to make us accept income inequality
Lotteries take money from the poor and redistribute it unequally. The poor, the uneducated, and minorities play the lottery
the most, and it takes a big chunk of their income.
Source: The Huffington Post, January 12, 2016
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answer.
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OA. becoming more unequal
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OC. remaining unchanged
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1. Describe how each of these changes is likely to affect poverty and inequality:
a. Incomes rise for low-income and high-income workers, but rise more for the high-income earners
b. Incomes fall for low-income and high-income workers, but fall more for high-income earners.
2. Based on the theory of rational ignorance, what should we expect to happen to voter turnout as the Internet makes information easier to obtain?
3. What is the cost of voting in an election?
4. What is the main factor preventing a large community from influencing policy in the same way as a special interest group?
5. How does the TANF attempt to loosen the poverty trap?
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