Multiple Choice
Opponents of zero economic growth as a means to reduce pollution argue that growth in productive capacity would
A) help produce the equipment required to reduce pollution.
B) encourage a more rapid growth in population.
C) shift resources from consumers to businesses, reducing the consumption of polluting goods.
D) redistribute income to more affluent people, who pollute less than poor people.
E) be the most effective way to slow the rate of technological change.
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