Practice mode Market

Why can we not simply say that one allocation of resources is better than another?

Correct answer D. We cannot make value judgements to compare different people's welfare

Explanation

When a change helps some people and harms others, ranking the outcomes requires weighing one person's gain against another's loss, which is a value judgement that economics alone cannot settle.

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