Suppose that you are an advisor to a health team working in a poor country. In that
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Suppose that you are an advisor to a health team working in a poor country. In that country, 20 percent of the children below the age of five die of a particular disease each year. If the health team were to inoculate the population, the disease would cease to be a problem. However, with more people surviving, the country’s food supply would become grossly inadequate, and it is estimated that about 20 percent of the children below the age of five would die of starvation each year. Which policy would you follow: inoculation or no inoculation? What are the trade-offs with each policy? Why would you follow your chosen policy, and how are your values important in reaching a decision?
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Economics Theory And Practice
ISBN: 9781118949733
11th Edition
Authors: Patrick J. Welch, Gerry F. Welch