Explain why choices you made during the Covid-19 pandemic were in your self-interest. Choices you made during the Covid-19 pandemic were in your self-interest if your choices. O A. cost less than your income B. didn't harm you C. also benefited the social interest OD. were the best available for you Why might your choices not have been in the social interest? Your choices might not have been in the social interest if OA. your choices were rational B. you made your choices at the margin OC. your choices inflict a cost on other people OD. your choices were also in the self-interest

Explain why choices you made during the Covid-19 pandemic were in your self-interest. Choices you made during the Covid-19 pandemic were in your self-interest if your choices. O A. cost less than your income B. didn't harm you C. also benefited the social interest OD. were the best available for you Why might your choices not have been in the social interest? Your choices might not have been in the social interest if OA. your choices were rational B. you made your choices at the margin OC. your choices inflict a cost on other people OD. your choices were also in the self-interest

Principles of Economics, 7th Edition (MindTap Course List)

7th Edition

ISBN:9781285165875

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter22: Frontiers Of Microeconomics

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