Economics A-Level
Policy prescriptions
What Policy prescriptions means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Policy prescriptions
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Reference: AQA
Directly dictated by divergent value judgements, for instance egalitarians advocate highly progressive taxation and generous welfare benefits.
Topics that use Policy prescriptions
- The distribution of income and wealth (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Asset Ownership
- Asset Price Inflation
- Equality
- Equity
- Equity vs efficiency
- Flow vs Stock
- Gini coefficient
- Government intervention
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