Suppose that jake, an economist from a consulting firm, and latasha, another economist from a nonprofit institution in the midwest, are both guests on a popular science podcast. the host of the podcast is facilitating their debate over health insurance. the following dialogue represents a portion of the transcript of their discussion:
latasha: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits.
jake: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese.
latasha: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree?
a. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation.
b. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations.
c. business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue.