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O-LevelEconomicsGovernment and the macroeconomy2281/12 · May/June 2017 · Q171 Mark

A government wishes to try to make the distribution of income in the country more equal. Which policy would be most likely to achieve this?

Areducing housing subsidies
Breducing indirect tax on food
Creducing inheritance tax
Dreducing tax on the dividends on stocks and shares

✓ Correct answer

B: reducing indirect tax on food

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Government and the macroeconomy, O-Level Economics (syllabus 2281). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Economics, May/June 2017 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 17.

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