Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice
Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice
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ISBN: 9781305176799
Author: Gwartney
Publisher: Cengage
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Explain if the transaction can improve the welfare of people.

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 In an economy, ‘J’ will get $5,000 by trading used car to ‘S’. In this case, by getting $5,000, ‘J’ can spend their entire $5,000 in the market and this leads to improve the welfare of more people in an economy.

Thus, the given statement is ‘False’.

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