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Higher demand initially raises firms' sales and profits."}]},{"id":"518f6939-f799-42e1-b8c1-e56b7811dae8","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why can higher demand increase business investment?","back":"Greater confidence encourages firms to invest.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Greater confidence encourages firms to invest.","correct":true,"explanation":"When firms expect demand and profits to remain strong, confidence improves. They are then more willing to spend on capital equipment, buildings and other investment."},{"text":"Greater uncertainty encourages firms to invest.","correct":false,"explanation":"Uncertainty usually makes investment less attractive because future returns are harder to predict. Greater confidence encourages firms to commit funds to investment."},{"text":"Greater taxation encourages firms to invest.","correct":false,"explanation":"Higher taxation can reduce retained profits and expected returns, weakening investment incentives. 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More investment reduces consumption now.
It raises future living standards.

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More investment reduces consumption now.
It raises future living standards.

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More consumption reduces consumption now.
It raises future living standards.

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More investment raises consumption now.
It lowers future living standards.

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More saving raises consumption now.
It lowers future living standards.

","correct":false,"explanation":"Saving can finance investment, which generally means less current consumption rather than more. Productive investment increases future output and can raise future living standards."}]},{"id":"d1037e36-84cb-4387-8ed3-d3a2c9b796a5","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Which negative externalities can result from increased production and transport?","back":"Pollution and congestion impose costs on third parties.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Pollution and congestion impose costs on third parties.","correct":true,"explanation":"Firms and consumers may not bear the full environmental and travel-delay costs caused by extra output and transport. These spillover costs fall on third parties."},{"text":"Higher wages and profits impose costs on third parties.","correct":false,"explanation":"Higher wages and profits are incomes received by workers and firms, rather than external costs. Production and transport can create pollution and congestion affecting others."},{"text":"Lower prices and shortages impose costs on third parties.","correct":false,"explanation":"Lower prices are a potential consumer benefit, while shortages are not the usual externality from expansion. Pollution and congestion are spillover costs imposed on third parties."},{"text":"Exports and imports impose costs on third parties.","correct":false,"explanation":"Trade flows are not themselves negative externalities. Increased production and transport can impose unpriced costs through pollution and congestion."}]},{"id":"f498b559-cdf1-4432-84e2-03dfd1bf2486","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why may continued economic growth be environmentally unsustainable?","back":"Growth can deplete finite resources.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Growth can deplete finite resources.","correct":true,"explanation":"Greater output often requires more energy and raw materials. Stocks of non-renewable resources are limited, so continued depletion cannot be sustained indefinitely."},{"text":"Growth can create finite resources.","correct":false,"explanation":"Economic activity cannot create additional fixed stocks of non-renewable materials. Growth can deplete finite resources, making resource-intensive expansion environmentally unsustainable."},{"text":"Growth can eliminate resource scarcity.","correct":false,"explanation":"Growth may improve efficiency, but it does not remove the limited nature of non-renewable resources. Continued production can deplete finite resource stocks."},{"text":"Growth can reduce all resource use.","correct":false,"explanation":"More efficient production may reduce resources used per unit, but total growth can still increase overall resource use. This can deplete finite resources."}]},{"id":"9b989a5b-a231-4091-8df0-d78ec3cb89ec","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"How can economic growth increase income inequality?","back":"Gains may flow mainly to higher earners, widening inequality.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Gains may flow mainly to higher earners, widening inequality.","correct":true,"explanation":"Growth does not automatically distribute income evenly. Higher-skilled workers, business owners and asset holders may receive most of the additional income, widening inequality."},{"text":"Gains may flow mainly to lower earners, widening inequality.","correct":false,"explanation":"Income inequality widens when higher earners receive a disproportionate share of growth. Gains flowing mainly to lower earners would tend to narrow inequality instead."},{"text":"Gains may flow mainly to unemployed workers, widening inequality.","correct":false,"explanation":"Employment growth can raise the incomes of previously unemployed workers and tends to reduce income gaps. Inequality may increase when gains mainly flow to higher earners."},{"text":"Gains may flow mainly to consumers, widening inequality.","correct":false,"explanation":"Broad benefits to consumers through lower prices are not a direct explanation for greater income inequality. The relevant issue is growth gains accruing mainly to higher earners."}]},{"id":"c8ddb5e4-fc1f-437b-85d0-f93e88a5bcd5","cardType":"basic","points":3,"front":"When are the benefits of economic growth most likely to outweigh its costs?","back":"

Sustainable, investment-led and widely shared growth is beneficial.
Environmentally damaging or unequal growth may not be.

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Sustainable, investment-led and widely shared growth is beneficial.
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Consumption-led, short-term and narrowly shared growth is beneficial.
Sustainable or widely shared growth may not be.

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Environmentally damaging, investment-led and widely shared growth is beneficial.
Sustainable or unequal growth may not be.

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Sustainable, consumption-led and unequal growth is beneficial.
Investment-led or widely shared growth may not be.

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