Cambridge AS & A Level Economics
8.2Equity and redistribution of income and wealth
Equity and redistribution of income and wealth in Cambridge AS & A Level Economics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 8.2.1Distinguish equity from equality.
- 8.2.2Distinguish equity from efficiency.
- 8.2.3Distinguish absolute from relative poverty.
- 8.2.4Explain the poverty trap.
- 8.2.5Evaluate policies towards equity and equality: negative income tax, universal and means-tested benefits, universal basic income.
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Poverty, equity and equality: policies and the poverty trap
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