Question 3 To the extent that special-interest groups engage in rent seeking, they are guilty of tax evasion tend to make the economy more efficient support legislation transferring wealth to themselves only if the measure increases the economy's overall efficiency shift resources from endeavors that create income to activities that simply transfer income tend to increase the economy's total output of goods and services while redistributing income

Question 3 To the extent that special-interest groups engage in rent seeking, they are guilty of tax evasion tend to make the economy more efficient support legislation transferring wealth to themselves only if the measure increases the economy's overall efficiency shift resources from endeavors that create income to activities that simply transfer income tend to increase the economy's total output of goods and services while redistributing income

Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337091985

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter18: Six Debates Over Macroeconomic Policy

Section: Chapter Questions

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