When a National Security Crisis Forces the Government to Draft

Multiple Choice

When a national security crisis forces the government to draft workers, this often results in price increases because the supply curves of most goods shift to the left. The people who suffer the price-increase consequences mostly are

A) those who are drafted
B) farm goods suppliers because they have less to supply
C) consumers of farm goods because farm goods are basic goods
D) the rich because they can afford to pay the higher prices, but they pay substantially more
E) the poor because they are priced out of the markets