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Economics

UBI

Principles of Microeconomics (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781305971493

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter20: Income Inequality And Poverty

Section20.2: The Political Philosophy Of Redistributing Income

Problem 2QQ

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Which one of the following well known historical figures did NOT endorse the idea of a minimum guaranteed income (UBI)?

A. Thomas Paine

B. Martin Luther King Jr.

C. George W Bush

D. Richard Nixon

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