What happens to productivity in a welfare state when the producers of goods and services are taxed more and more to pay for the welfare state?
Select one:
a. productivity plunges
b. productivity rises
c. productivity remains the same
d. productivity is unpredictable

The correct answer is letter B

Productivity is the relationship between the amount of what is produced in relation to the inputs used or the amount of time invested in the process.

It is the result of what is productive, that is, what is produced, what is profitable. It is the relationship between the means, resources used and the final production. It is the result of the ability to produce, to generate a product, the result of work, associated with the technique and the capital employed.

for the 2 countries u can do china and america because america has a democratic government while china has a communist government.

a democracy is a government run by the people either by directly voting or indirectly by electing representatives. an oligarchy is a government run by a few or a small group of people. a democracy and oligarchy are similar because both in an oligarchy and an indirect democracy, a small group of induvial determine the laws for a large group of people they are different because in an oligarchy it is easier to control and they do not have to answer to a large number of people in the country, unlike a democracy where they do have to answer to a large number of people an county that is a democracy would be the united states. a country that is an oligarchy would be the china.

your answer would be a) no nation can be economically self-sufficient.

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